Mom's Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 6 very ripe mashed bananas

Directions

1. 1

   Mix sugar, butter and vanilla till well blended.

2. 2

   Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. 3

   Add flour, soda and salt alternately with the buttermilk until well blended. Add the mashed bananas last.

4. 4

   Grease and flour either an angel food cake pan or a 9 by 13" pan. Pour batter in and bake at 325 for approximately 1 hour.