Best 5 Banana Pecan Cake With Coconut Frosting Recipes

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.

BANANA PECAN CAKE WITH COCONUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment paper; grease paper., In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas. (Mixture may appear curdled.) In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., For filling, in a large saucepan, mix sugar, flour and salt. Whisk in cream. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Transfer to a small bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of mixture. Refrigerate until cold., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat shortening, butter and extracts until blended. Beat in confectioners' sugar alternately with cream, adding enough cream to reach desired consistency; beat until smooth., Stir pecans into chilled cream mixture. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with filling. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until serving.

COCONUT PECAN FROSTING II

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, combine milk, sugar, egg yolks, butter and vanilla. Cook, stirring frequently, until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in coconut and pecans.

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).

BANANA PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH COCONUT PECAN FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pineapple with juice, milk, eggs and oil. Beat on low speed to blend, about 1 minute. Add bananas and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 2. Pour into a greased and floured 9 X 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• 3. During last 5 minutes of baking, prepare frosting.
• 4. Frosting: In a medium saucepan, cook and stir sugar, butter, evaporated milk, egg yolks and vanilla on medium heat until thickened , about 10 minutes.
• 5. Remove from heat and stir in coconuts and pecans. Cool to room temperature and spreading consistency, before spreading on cooled cake.