Name: Banana coconut cake with coconut honey topping
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup coconut; 90 gram butter; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup self-raising flour; 1/4 cup plain flour; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1/4 cup milk; 1 cup mashed banana; 30 gram butter; 2 tablespoon honey; 1 cup shredded coconut

Ingredients

3/4 cup coconut

90 gram butter

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

3/4 cup self-raising flour

1/4 cup plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/4 cup milk

1 cup mashed banana

30 gram butter

2 tablespoon honey

1 cup shredded coconut

Method

1.Grease a 15cm x 25cm loaf pan, line base with paper; grease paper. Toast coconut on oven tray in moderate oven, 180°C (160°C fan-forced) for about 5 minutes, cool.

2.Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined. Stir in half the combined sifted dry ingredients and toasted coconut with half the combined milk and banana, then stir in remaining dry ingredients and banana mixture; stir until smooth. Pour into prepared pan, bake in moderately slow oven for 30 minutes. Spread evenly with topping, bake for about further 30 minutes. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.

3.To make the coconut honey topping, place butter and honey in a saucepan, heat until butter is melted, add coconut, stir 5 minutes or until lightly browned.

Keeping time: 2 days. We used 3 bananas for this recipe.
Note

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