Name: Banana Coconut Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 3/4 cup shortening -; 1-1/2 cups sugar -; 2 eggs -; 1 cup mashed ripe bananas -; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 2 cups cake flour -; 1 teaspoon baking soda -; 1 teaspoon baking powder -; 1/2 teaspoon salt -; 1/2 cup buttermilk -; 1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional -; 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut -; BUTTER CREAM FROSTING: -; 1/2 cup shortening -; 1/2 cup butter, softened -; 2 cups confectioners' sugar -; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract -; Pinch salt -; 1/4 cup cold evaporated milk -

Recipe information

Cooking:

30 min.

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Ingredients for - Banana Coconut Cake

1. 3/4 cup shortening -

2. 1-1/2 cups sugar -

3. 2 eggs -

4. 1 cup mashed ripe bananas -

5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -

6. 2 cups cake flour -

7. 1 teaspoon baking soda -

8. 1 teaspoon baking powder -

9. 1/2 teaspoon salt -

10. 1/2 cup buttermilk -

11. 1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional -

12. 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut -

13. BUTTER CREAM FROSTING: -

14. 1/2 cup shortening -

15. 1/2 cup butter, softened -

16. 2 cups confectioners' sugar -

17. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -

18. 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract -

19. Pinch salt -

20. 1/4 cup cold evaporated milk -

How to cook deliciously - Banana Coconut Cake

1. Stage

In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs; beat for 2 minutes. Add bananas and vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; 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.

4. Stage

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.