Coconut Banana Cake With Chocolate Frosting Food

COCONUT BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 8-inch round cake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter/spray with cooking spray.2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the whole bananas on the baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes or until the tops of the bananas are blackened on the outside. Remove from the oven and let cool. Once cool enough to handle, remove the peel, and mash the bananas. 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or use a hand-held mixer) beat together the oil, yogurt, eggs, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice. Beat in the bananas, mixing until combined. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until just combined. Stir in the shredded coconut. 4. Pour the batter among the 3 cake pans and bake 30-35 minutes, until the tops are just set and no longer wiggly in the center. Remove and let cool five minutes, then run a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack. Cover and let the cakes cool completely before assembling.5. To make the frosting, add the cream cheese and butter to a large mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer beat until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla. Beat another 2-4 minutes or until the frosting is light and fluffy. Beat in the coconut cream until combined. 6. Place one cake layer on a serving plate or cake stand. Spread with frosting. Repeat with the remaining 2 cake layers. Frost the cake sides. Serve or store in the fridge for up to 2 days. Bring to room temp. before serving.

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.

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.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT BANANA SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Mix butter, eggs, vanilla and sugars together in a large bowl until smooth.
• Add bananas and combine.
• Add powder, soda, salt and flour. Combine well.
• Fold in chocolate and coconut.
• Pour into a greased or sprayed 9"x13" pan.
• Bake at 350F for 30-40 minutes.

BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in 3/4 cup pistachios., Transfer to two greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans. Bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add cocoa; mix until blended. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread top with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Spread top and sides with 2 cups frosting. Press pistachios into sides of cake if desired., Cut a small hole in the corner of a large pastry or plastic bag; insert #127 petal pastry tip. Fill the bag with remaining frosting. Pipe concentric circles of frosting over top of cake. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until frosting is set.

BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla on high speed of electric mixer for 1 1/2 minutes.
• Add buttermilk.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture alternately with mashed banana.
• Beat only enough to blend, about 2 minutes.
• Pour battered into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans and bake in preheated 350 degree (Fahrenheit) oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool cake then prepare frosting.
• Mix together powdered sugar, cocoa and salt.
• Add gradually to butter, beating with electric mixer, adding just enough milk so that mixture is not stiff (If you add too much it will get too thin when you continue beating).
• After all ingredients are blended, mix on high speed of your mixer for 3 to 4 minutes, carefully adding small amounts of milk if too thick.
• Fill and frost cooled layers.

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).

DECADENT BANANA CAKE WITH COCONUT-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• To make the cake: sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a bowl, beat the butter at medium speed using an electric mixer, until creamy.
• Add in sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
• Add in eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Beat in bananas at low speed.
• Increase speed to medium, and gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into 2 greased/floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
• To make the frosting: in a bowl, beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed using an electric mixer, until creamy.
• Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended.
• Beat at high speed until smooth.
• Stir in milk and vanilla; stir in coconut.
• Spread Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.