Decadent Banana Cake With Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

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.

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.