Banana Coconut Cake Recipe
- 7 ounce Unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 c. Granulated white sugar
- 3 lrg Large eggs
- 1/2 c. Buttermilk
- 1 1/3 c. Mashed ripe banana
- 1 1/3 c. Sifted cake flour
- 1 tsp Baking pwdr
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 c. Finely-minced pecans
- 1 can Unsweetened coconut lowfat milk - (13.5 ounce) (available in Asian markets)
- 1 c. Lowfat milk
- 2/3 c. White sugar
- 5 x Egg yolks
- 1/3 c. Cornstarch
- 3 x Bananas sliced
- 1/4 c. Lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. White sugar
- 1 c. Unsweetened coconut flakes toasted golden brown-brown
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- Cake: In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together till it is light and fluffy.
- Add in the Large eggs one at a time, beating well in between each addition, and continue to beat till very light and fluffy.
- Add in buttermilk and mashed banana and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, baking pwdr), then add in to batter and mix at low speed on the electric mixer till moistened.
- Beat one minute at medium speed, then mix in pecans and pour batter proportionately into the two prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 25 to 35 min, till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- After removing the cakes from the oven, allow them to cold for five min, then invert onto a cooling rack.
- Assemble when thoroughly cooled.
- Coconut Custard: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and cut another piece of parchment to the same size.
- Set both aside.
- Combine the coconut lowfat milk and lowfat milk and stir together.
- In a bowl, mix 2/3 c. of sugar with 1/3 c. cornstarch and stir with a fork till free from lumps.
- Mix the sugar and cornstarch together with the egg yolks and 1 c. of coconut lowfat milk mix.
- Whisk till smooth and set aside.
- In a heavy saucepan, bring the remaining coconut lowfat milk mix to a boil.
- Pour it into the bowl with the egg yolk-sugar mix, whisking constantly.
- Return the mix to the saucepan over medium flame and continue stirring.
- Cook till small bubbles start to create on the surface of the custard.
- Remove from the heat and spread onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Cover the top of the custard with the other sheet of parchment to prevent a skin from forming.
- Cold in the refrigerator.
- To assemble Cake: In a large bowl, gently toss banana slices with the lemon juice, and sugar.
- Trim the top of the first layer of cake so which the surface is level, then spread with a thin layer of custard.
- Place bananas completely over bottom layer, so which no cake is showing.
- Spread with another layer of coconut custard.
- Place next cake layer on top of this and spread the top generously with coconut custard.
- Garnish liberally with toasted coconut flakes.
- This recipe yields 8 servings.
butter, white sugar, eggs, buttermilk, mashed ripe banana, cake flour, baking pwdr, salt, baking soda, pecans, milk, milk, white sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, bananas, lemon juice, white sugar
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/banana-coconut-cake-76884 (may not work)