Banana Cake With Coconut Frosting Recipes

BANANA CAKE WITH COCONUT ICING

Steps:

• Whip butter in bowl.
• Sift in dry ingredients.
• Add milk, bananas, eggs and mix.
• Bake at 350F for 25-35 minutes Combine ingredients for icing in a heavy saucepan, and cook until well blended.
• Spread over cake while still warm.
• (Tip- to make sour milk, add a splash of vinegar and stir).

BANANA NUT COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together white sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Mix in eggs and 3 mashed bananas.
• Sift together flour and baking soda in a separate bowl. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Blend in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Fold in 1 cup of pecans and 1 cup coconut. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
• To Make Frosting: Cream together 1/2 cup butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in 1 medium mashed banana, 1 cup pecans, 1 cup coconut and 1 teaspoon vanilla.

COCONUT BANANA CAKE WITH PASSIONFRUIT FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160 centigrade.
• Grease a deep 19cm square cake pan, line base with baking paper.
• Combine coconut and milk in a bowl.
• Let it stand for 30 minutes.
• Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and beat until combined.
• Stir in the sifted flour, then banana, coconut mixture and the extra milk.
• Spread the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the oven for around 50 minutes until cooked when tested.
• Allow to stand for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool.
• For the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese in a small bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Gradually stir in the icing sugar and the passionfruit pulp.
• Spread cake with the passionfruit frosting.

BANANA PECAN CAKE WITH COCONUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment paper; grease paper., In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas. (Mixture may appear curdled.) In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., For filling, in a large saucepan, mix sugar, flour and salt. Whisk in cream. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Transfer to a small bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of mixture. Refrigerate until cold., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat shortening, butter and extracts until blended. Beat in confectioners' sugar alternately with cream, adding enough cream to reach desired consistency; beat until smooth., Stir pecans into chilled cream mixture. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with filling. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until serving.

BANANA COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs; beat for 2 minutes. Add bananas and vanilla; beat for 2 minutes. , Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in pecans if desired. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Sprinkle each with coconut. , Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done; loosely cover with foil during the last 10 minutes of baking. Cool in pans 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack, coconut side up. , In a bowl, cream shortening and butter. Add remaining frosting ingredients. Mix on low until combined; beat on high for 5 minutes. Place one cake layer, coconut side down, on a cake plate; spread with some of the frosting. Top with second layer, coconut side up; frost sides and 1 in. around top edge of cake, leaving coconut center showing.

BANANA NUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream together the softened butter or margarine, and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add the banana, coconut, pecans, vanilla and mix well. Makes enough to fill and frost a 9 inch layer cake or one 9x13 inch sheet cake.

BANANA CAKE WITH COCONUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan, knocking out excess flour.
• Whisk together flour (1 1/2 cups), baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together butter (1 stick) and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg until combined, then add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla and beat until combined well. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
• Spread batter in cake pan and bake until pale golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of pan, then invert rack over cake and invert cake onto rack to cool completely.
• Make frosting while cake cools:
• Beat together cream cheese and butter in a bowl using cleaned beaters at medium speed until smooth. Reduce speed to low, then add confectioners sugar, cream of coconut, and rum (if using) and mix until combined. Increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Frost top of cooled cake and sprinkle with coconut.