Coconut Banana Whipped Cake By Freda Recipes

BANANA COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix the coconut, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.
• Grease and flour a 9" tube pan.
• Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
• Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Beat into banana mixture to blend.
• Pour half of the batter into the tube pan. Sprinkle with half of the coconut mixture. Add remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

BANANA COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well in between each addition, and continue to beat until very light and fluffy. Add buttermilk and mashed banana and mix well. In a separate bowl, sift and dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder), then add to batter and mix at low speed on the electric mixer until moistened. Beat one minute at medium speed, then fold in pecans and pour batter evenly into the two prepared cake pans. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. After removing the cakes from the oven, allow them to cool for five minutes, 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 milk and milk and stir together. In a bowl, mix 2/3 cup of sugar with 1/3 cup cornstarch and stir with a fork until free from lumps. Mix the sugar and cornstarch together with the egg yolks and 1 cup of coconut milk mixture. Whisk until smooth and set aside. In a heavy saucepan, bring the remaining coconut milk mixture to a boil. Pour it into the bowl with the egg yolk-sugar mixture, whisking constantly. Return the mixture to the saucepan over medium flame and continue stirring. Cook until small bubbles start to form 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. Cool 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 that the surface is level, then spread with a thin layer of custard. Place bananas completely over bottom layer, so that 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.

BANANA COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs; beat for 2 minutes. Add bananas and vanilla; beat for 2 minutes. , Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in pecans if desired. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Sprinkle each with coconut. , Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done; loosely cover with foil during the last 10 minutes of baking. Cool in pans 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack, coconut side up. , In a bowl, cream shortening and butter. Add remaining frosting ingredients. Mix on low until combined; beat on high for 5 minutes. Place one cake layer, coconut side down, on a cake plate; spread with some of the frosting. Top with second layer, coconut side up; frost sides and 1 in. around top edge of cake, leaving coconut center showing.

COCONUT BANANA WHIPPED CAKE BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven according to Cake Mix Directions. Bake the Cake according to Cake Mis Directions in a 9X13 Pan.
• 2. Combine Sugar, sour Cream, whipped Topping, & Coconut. Blend well set aside and Chill in refer.
• 3. Poke Holes all over top of Cake while still warm. Pour Topping mixture all over Cake. (Let Rest in the Pan for about 10-15 min.) Then Cover well and Chill in refer for 1-3 days before serving. Must Keep this cake Stored in refer. Very Moist Very good cake. TIP: You can also add "Toasted Coconut" to top of the Topping.

ITALIAN RUM CREAM CAKE BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. **Sponge Cake Directions:** Preheat Oven @ 375 Butter and Flour (2) 8-9" cake pans, set aside. 1. Beat egg yolks and sugar in bowl till Lemon colored. 2. Add Flour Sifted, little at a time, Blend well. 3. Add Vanilla 4. Beat Egg Whites till stiff but not dry, Fold into batter. 5. Pour batter into Prepared Pans. 6. Bake 40 min. or til toothpick inserted comes out clean. 7. remove from oven, invert cake out of the pans, onto rack to cool completely. 8. Note: Cake Can be Tightly wrapped and refrigerated over night or frozen up to 3 weeks.
• 2. **RUM SYRUP DIRECTIONS:** Method #1. Mix together ingredients in small pot, Bring to boil, stirring til sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Cool before using. When Cool, Brush genouously over cake. METHOD #2. If you prefer, Brush cake with 1/3 Cup Rum diluted with 1/4 Cup water.
• 3. **ITALIAN PASTRY CREAM:** 1. Mix Sugar, egg, flour & Vanilla in a saucepan. 2. in seperate Pan, Scald Milk. 3. "Very Slowly pour milk over egg yolks" in a thin stream as to not Cook the eggs. Beating constantly with mixer. 4. Cooking over low heat, stir with wooden spoon, until mixture reaches boiling point. Cook for 4 min longer, must stir constantly. 5. Remove pan from heat, add butter, and stirr well. Pour into Bowl Cover and Chill . Stir occasionally to prevent film from forming on top of custard cream. 6. chill 3-4 hrs til very thick for use as filling.
• 4. ** WHIPPED CREAM** Stabilized 1. in a large Chilled Bowl. Put bowl in freezer to chill. chill beaters also. 2.Beat cold Cream until it just starts to thicken. 3. add Corn syrup, & vanilla down the Sides of the cold Bowl. 4. Beat to stiff peaks form.
• 5. ** ASSEMBLY OF CAKE** 1. Slice Cake in 1/2 to form two layers. 2. Slice the two layers in 1/2 again making 4 thin layers. 3. Place bottom layer on plate cut side up brush with rum syrup becarful not to get cake too wet, or the layers will be soggy.. allow to soak in for about 5 min. 4. Brush rum on the remaining layers on cut side up evenly with the rum. do not saturate the layers. You only want to flavor the cakes by brushing the rum on the cakes. (Do Not Saturate the layers) 5.Top bottom layer with the vanilla pastry cream, filling. 6. then another layer of rum brushed sponge cake. 7. Next a layer of the Whipped Cream 8. top with another layer of the Sponge layer cake 9. another layer of the pastry cream 10. last layer of the sponge cake 11. top entire cake & sides with whip Cream. reserving Enough whipped cream for making Roseettes on top of the cake. 12 final step cover entire sides of the cake with the Sliced almonds.
• 6. This cake is TOTALLY WORTH every bit of the Effort. TIP: I take one layer and cut the Cake in 1/2. following steps, 1,2,3 and I make (2) cakes out of the recipe. How about that. . . 2 cakes in one. It is just too much cake & 2 many layers for one Cake.