Coconut Banana Cake With Passionfruit Frosting Recipes

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 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 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.

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 COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix the coconut, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.
• Grease and flour a 9" tube pan.
• Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
• Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Beat into banana mixture to blend.
• Pour half of the batter into the tube pan. Sprinkle with half of the coconut mixture. Add remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.