Banana Coconut Cake
55 minutes
Every house needs a good banana cake recipe for those bananas that don't get eaten but you don't want to waste, this is ours.
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Ingredients
Makes: 1 loaf
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 90g butter
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- few drops almond essence
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 3 bananas
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour a loaf tin.
- Toast or dry fry the coconut in a frypan until brown.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the other wet ingredients, milk, almond essence and vanilla.
- Fold in the flour and bananas, then stir in the toasted coconut.
- Pour the cake mix into into the prepared tin then sprinkle the top with the additional coconut and sugar. Bake for 45 minutes.
