Banana Coffee Cake with Macadamia Nurs and Coconut

Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes- Tortes

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup mashed banana (about 2 bananas)3.4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. water
• 2 tsp. butter
• 2 Tbsp. chopped macadamia nuts, toasted
• 2 Tbsp. flaked sweetened coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray, line bottom of pan with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooling spray.

3. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring

4. cups, level with a knife. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine banana and next 5 ingredients (banana through egg) in a bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed for 1 minute or until well blended. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, and beat until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Carefully peel off wzx paper.

6. Combine brown sugar, water, and butter in a small saucepan, bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in nuts and coconut. Spread from heat, stir in nuts and coconut. Spread over cake. Serve cake warm.

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