Preheat the oven to 150F; grease a loaf pan with butter and lightly flourthe pan.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices into a largemixing bowl and set aside.
Cream the sugar and butter in a mixing bowl until light using an electrichand mixer. Add lightly beaten eggs, Vanilla extract, and lemon juice, and mixuntil all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
Add the mixed dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix gently with aspatula.
Mash the bananas and gently fold the mashed bananas into the banana breadbatter. Mix with a rubber spatula. Be careful not to overmix at this point.
Pour the Banana bread batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutesto 1 hour till a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Place the cake in a pan to cool on the wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove itfrom the loaf pan and cool it on the wire rack. Cooling the bread makes thebread firm and hold together.
Serve for breakfast or dessert, and enjoy this extremely tasty quick bread