Banana Nut Coconut Cake

Photo: Veggie Mama

Ingredients

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 egg

1 1/2 bananas, mashed (reserve the other half for the frosting)

1 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 cups icing sugar

1/2 banana, mashed

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake tin. I used square. no big deal.

In a medium bowl, cream together white sugar and butter. Add eggs and mashed bananas.

Add baking soda to the flour, and add to the mix alternately with the buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Blend in the vanilla, then fold in the pecans and coconut.

Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting Method:

Cream together butter and sugar. Mix in mashed banana, pecans, coconut and vanilla. It was a bit thick at this point, so I added soy milk one teaspoon at a time until it was spreadable and mixed thoroughly. You can use regular milk, but I never have it.