African Banana Coconut Bake Recipe Foodcom

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cut bananas crosswise into halves.
• Cut each half lengthwise into halves and arrange in greased 9-inch pie plate.
• Dot with margarine or butter and drizzle with orange and lemon juices.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar and coconut.
• Bake until coconut is golden, 8 to 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Grease pie plate, 10x1 1/2 inches. Cut bananas crosswise in half; cut each half lengthwise in half. Place in pie plate.
• Dot bananas with butter. Drizzle with orange and lemon juices. Sprinkle with brown sugar and coconut. Bake uncovered 8 to 10 minutes or until coconut is golden.

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• Cream softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with mashed bananas just until combined; stir in ½ cup chopped peanuts.
• Scrape batter into well-greased 9" x 5" loaf pan; sprinkle top evenly with remaining chopped peanuts. Bake in 180C oven 60 to 65 minutes or until skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; turn out of pan and cool completely.
• Wrap in plastic wrap or foil. Cake is best if served next day.

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.

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.