Banana Nut Coconut Cake

This Recipe is super sweet and really DELICIOUS! It's full of Banana goodness, and for me that, combined with coconut is a recipe for success!!

Cake Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
3 ripe bananas, mashed (if the bananas are small I add another)
2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup shredded coconut

Frosting Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioner's sugar
1 ripe banana, mashed
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup shredded coconut
1 tsp vanilla extract


1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x 19 inch pan.

2. In a med bowl, cream together white sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Mix in eggs and 3 mashed bananas.

3. Sift together flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Blend in 1 tsp vanilla extract. Fold in 1 cup of pecans and 1 cup coconut. Pour batter into prepared pans.

4. Bake 45 to 50 min. in the preheated oven. Cool completely before frosting with Banana Nut frosting.

5. To make frosting: Cream together 1/2 cup butter and 4 cups confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in 1 med mashed banana, 1 cup pecans, 1 cup coconut and 1 tsp vanilla. Use to frost cake.