Jamaican Mystery Cake
- Cake
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 3/4 cup toasted chopped walnuts
- Icing
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee, dissolved in
- 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
- 1 banana
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 1/2 cup toasted chopped walnuts
- For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Fold in mashed banana and walnuts.
- Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Let cool in pan 5 mins, invert on cake rack to cool.
- For icing: In small bowl cream butter and sugar at medium speed.
- Using high speed add eggs one at at time, beating well after each addtion.
- Blend in dissolved instant coffee mixture.
- To assemble: Slice cake in half lengthwise.
- Place bottom layer cut side up on cake platter.
- Slice banana and arrange evenly over cake.
- Sprinkle with Grand Marnier.
- Spread one-half of icing over bananas.
- Add top layer and frost top only with remaining icing.
- Garnish with walnuts.
- Refrigerate.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/jamaican-mystery-cake-88496 (may not work)