Banana-Nut Cake Royale

• 1 c. shortening
• 2 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. mashed bananas
• 2 c. cake flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 c. nuts
• 1 c. flaked coconut
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 1/2 c. cream
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 tsp. coconut flavoring
• 2 c. sifted confectioners sugar

1. Cream 3/4 cup shortening with 1 1/2 cups sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Add bananas; beat for 2 minutes.
3. Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk to banana mixture.
4. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat for 2 minutes longer.
5. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts.
6. Pour into 2 greased layer cake pans; sprinkle half the coconut over each layer.
7. Bake in preheated 350u0b0 oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
8. Remove from pans; cool, coconut side up, on wire racks.

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Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=948473 (may not work)