This week’s TWD was chosen by Kelly of Baking with the Boys: fresh mango bread! I can’t lie – I was pretty psyched about this selection. As best I can recall, I’ve never had mango before and I was really looking forward to trying it. I found some fresh mangoes on sale when I was doing my shopping for our Mother’s Day brunch so I picked two up. Then I decided to make the mango bread in my mini loaf pans and give each of the moms a loaf as part of their Mother’s Day gift!
When I set out to make the bread I realized I had no idea how to cut the mangoes! Fortunately, among other things, the internet is a wealth of resources on the best way to cut a mango. Here’s a link to one site I found useful if anyone is looking for information. Thankfully, cutting the mango was the most labor intensive part of this recipe! Dorie must have access to huge mangoes because I needed two mangoes to get the required 2 cups of diced mango. Once I finished that, it was simply a matter of mixing the wet, then the dry, combining the two and then finally adding the mango, raisins and zest (I used lemon).
I divided the batter among my 4 mini loaf pans and stuck them in the oven. They baked up in a bit of an odd shape but I really didn’t care as I was able to get them out of the pans without issue, which is always my biggest concern with the mini loaves. I dug into one of the loaves almost immediately and I thought the bread was fantastic!! This is definitely one of my favorite recipes from Dorie so far. I had tried a bite of the mango when I diced it, and really liked it, and found that I also enjoyed it in the bread. I thought the cinnamon was also a fairly prominent flavor in the bread. I received favorable reviews of the bread from the moms too so this one was a hit all around! I’ve pretty excited I’ve still got one more mini loaf in the freezer just waiting to be eaten!
Thanks to Kelly for choosing a great recipe this week! If you haven’t grabbed Dorie’s book yet, Kelly will have the recipe on her blog. Head over to TWD to see how the rest of the bakers made out this week!
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oh it looks fantastic and its such a nice variation with mango
Wow… wish I knew that link before I mangled my mango! But all that hard work was worth it! I loved this recipe too! What lucky moms to get a loaf from you! Great job!
So glad your bread was a hit!
I had actually never baked with mango before, only used them in a fresh fruit salad. But now I know that this is a great alternative: I loved this recipe!!
Your mango bread looks terrific Tracey – and so glad that your first experience with mangoes was a good one.
The bread looks terrific. I really enjoyed all of the flavors in the bread, and I was pretty surprised about it. Nice job.
One of my fav things to make with mango is mango salsa! This bread looks fantastic, and I do enjoy mango, Ill have to try it.
You’ve never had a mango before!? I’m addicted to them. I made mini loaves too and forgot to grease the pan! Since there’s no butter in this recipe, I was so scared that I would end up with a ripped apart loaf. Luckily it popped out! It must have made a wonderful Mother’s day gift.
Your bread looks delicious! Glad you enjoyed the mango.
I really need to try this bread, looks so good!
Ive been waiting for this post! Cant wait to try it on my own!
Nice mother’s day gift (I wish I ad thought of that!)
Your bread looks great. You did an awesome job with it.
What a sweet Mother’s Day gift. Sounds tasty, I love fruit breads but have yet to try making mango bread :)!
I am SO GLAD your first experience with mangos was a good one! I LOOOOOOOOOOVED this bread! Seriously, LOVED it! Yours looks great!
Glad to hear your first mango encounter was a success! I loved this recipe too (but made a few changes in mine).
I hate cutting mangos. Luckily they are so worth the effort.
Your mango bread looks fantastic!
This bread was so moist and delicious! The mango flavor was subtle and yummy! Thanks again, Tracey!
Can’t believe you haven’t had mangos before, they are my favorite fruit. I made two huge loaves and gave away for mother’s day, so no inside pictures for me. Your loaves look great.
I’m so glad that the moms liked it, that’s wonderful! I love the mini loaves, too.
I thought the bread was delicious, it reminded me of coffee cake. In fact, I had it for breakfast a few mornings last week. I’m a big fan of banana bread but this might just have become my new favorite.
I sure wish I had a mini loaf of this in my freezer right now! I don’t think I had ever even heard of mango bread until this week. Yours looks beautiful, Tracey – so glad that you enjoyed it!
you did a terrific job! this looks soooo moist and fragrant!
Wow, sounds like this was a huge hit for you!
I’m glad that your first experience with a mango was a pleasant one.
I only wished I’d made the bread, instead of eating all the mango.
So glad you liked this, i did too – delicious! The mini loaves are a great idea for gift giving and i think i’ll have to invest in one
i was thrilled with how this bread turned out. it was so good. what a nice treat to give for mother’s day.
Glad you liked it! And really, it is actually even better the next day.
your breads look wonderful! i’m so glad you loved them!
glad your first experience with mangoes was a good one!
So glad that you’ve found your new love for mango. It’s a fabulous and versatile fruit. Your bread turned out beautifully. It looks absolutely delicious! So glad you and all of the recipients enjoyed it.
Your bread turned out great! I did mini-loaves, too, but they didn’t last long.
How sweet to share it with the moms at your Mother’s Day brunch! Uneven or not, this looks great. And how cool to discover you like mangoes!
Beautiful looking bread! I love those big pieces of mango in there!!
-Amy
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Your mango bread looks great! We loved it too!
That looks just lovely. The chunky mango really makes it sound great.
Glad you enjoyed the mango bread, especially as a first-time mango eater. I love mangoes!
What a great looking loaf of bread! My family really liked this bread. It was gone over night. It did not even last a full 24 hours.
Looks fantastic and thanks for the mango-cutting link! What a nice treat to give to your moms.
Your mini-loaves look great! What a nice surprise to try mangoes for the first time and liking them, fresh and baked!
What lovely loaves – lucky moms! I actually have a mango splitting tool, but ended up using frozen chunks. I bought the tool because I was always mangling the mangoes.
Love the mini loaves!
I love the mini loaves- what a great Mother’s Day treat!
Mango bread looks great. Glad you liked it. Mangos, good mangos, are really sweet and tasty.
OMG Tracey! Your mango bread looks FRESH-TASTICALLY amazing. I actually loved it the next day . . . tastes darn good.
Are you from the Bay Area? I noticed your Jack London Square Farmer’s Market side bar.
Whoo hoo! I am living in the San Jose area. We are practically baking neighbors?