Coconut Banana Cake With Passionfruit Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 90 g desiccated coconut
• 180 ml milk
• 125 g butter
• 220 g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 300 g self raising flour
• 2 ripe mashed bananas
• 60 ml milk, extra
• 60 g butter, softened
• 60 g cream cheese
• 320 g icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon passion fruit pulp

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderately slow, 160 centigrade.
• 2 grease a deep 19cm square cake pan, line base with baking paper.
• 3 combine coconut and milk in a bowl.
• 4 let it stand for 30 minutes.
• 5 beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• 6 add the eggs and beat until combined.
• 7 stir in the sifted flour, then banana, coconut mixture and the extra milk.
• 8 spread the mixture into the prepared pan.
• 9 bake in the oven for around 50 minutes until cooked when tested.
• 10 allow to stand for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool.
• 11 for the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese in a small bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• 12 gradually stir in the icing sugar and the passionfruit pulp.
• 13 spread cake with the passionfruit frosting.