Banana Bread with Coca Cola

2 cups ripe bananas mashed
2 1/2 cups dark brown sugar packed
1/2 cup oil or melted butter
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp baking powder
3/8 tsp salt
3 1/4 cups flour
1 cup coke
1 cup mini chocolate chips [optional]
1 cup chopped nuts [optional]

Set oven to 300ºF. Pam 2 loaf pans.

Mix together the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla.

Sift dry ingredients together except chocolate and nuts.

Mix dry ingredients with the sugar oil mixture, adding the mashed bananas and the 1 cup cola. Add chips and nuts if using.

Spoon batter into prepared pans. Set pans on baking sheet.

Bake for 1 hour 20 min or until bread tests done.