Bananas Foster Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg (large)
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
• 1/2 cup banana liqueur
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 extra large eggs
• 3/4 cup flaked coconut
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans
• 1/4 cup banana liqueur, for brushing
• 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/4 cup mashed banana
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon banana liqueur
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar, softed
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons banana liqueur or 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 cake:preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 butter a 12 cup tube pan and set aside.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
• 4 beat butter until light.
• 5 slowly beat in sugar and beat until it is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• 6 at low speed, beat in eggs, 2 at a time, just until blended.
• 7 beat in the flour mixture and banana mixture alternately, beginning and ending with flour.
• 8 beat just until blended.
• 9 stir in coconut and nuts by hand, spread in pan smoothing top.
• 10 bake until cake is golden brown and begins to pull away from sides of pan, about 60 to 70 minutes.
• 11 test in center.
• 12 loosely cover with foil if cake starts to become too brown.
• 13 remove from oven; let cool on wire rack 10 minutes in pan.
• 14 carefully invert cake onto cake plate.
• 15 brush with the 1/4 cup liqueur.
• 16 let cool.
• 17 glaze with either of the glazes or dust with powdered sugar.
• 18 glaze:combine all ingredients until well blended.
• 19 when the cake is lukewarm, spoon over top.
• 20 let cake cool completely.