Tired Of Plain Old Banana Bread?

Try Dave and Aletha's Banana Bread Cake! It's different, you'll like it! Your friends and family will like it! It's really that good! Okay, okay, we know. Individual people, individual tastes. Let's put this way: We like Banana Bread Cake enough to put it on our web site. "nuff said. Oh, we hope you like it too. Let us know. (It reminds Dave of the great caramel frosting his mother used to make when he was a kid.) Old memories are often good ones!       New Italian Recipe's Banana Bread Cake   Ingredients Cake: 2/3 cup butter 2/3 cup buttermilk   2-½ cups flour 1-2/3 cups granulated sugar 1-¼ tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1-¼ cup mashed ripe bananas 2 eggs 2/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts   Ingredients Coconut Topping: 1-½ cups packed dark brown sugar 2/3 cup butter 2 T milk 2 cups flaked coconut 2/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts         Preparation: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch cake pan.   Cream butter. Add dry ingredients, bananas and buttermilk. Mix slightly. Add eggs and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes or until very well browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.    Place oven rack 4 to 5 inches from broiler. Set oven to broil.   Mix butter, sugar and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts. Add coconut and nuts.   Pour and spread over cooled cake. Place under broiler and broil for 2 to 3 minutes or just until coconut begins to brown. Cool before serving.     Buon appetito always! Brought to you with love from Aunt Aletha and Dear Old Dave         Printer Friendly Version Of New Italian Recipes Banana Cake   More Desserts From New Italian Recipes   Banana Bread Cake   New Italian Recipes Home