Calypso Coffee Cake With Butter Rum Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups plantains, cooked and mashed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon rum
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a bundt pan; preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 peel the plantain(s) and slice (about 1/2 inch slices should be fine). bring a pot of water to a boil, drop the plantain slices into the boiling water and boil for about 20 minutes until tender. drain plantains and mash with a fork.
• 3 while plantains are cooking, mix the streusel ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar and sugar together.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time; then mix in sour cream and mashed plantains.
• 6 in a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and ginger.
• 7 slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined.
• 8 pour about 1/2 the batter in to the prepared bundt pan. sprinkle the streusel over the cake; finally, pour remaining batter over the struesel.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 55 minutes or until cake tests done with toothpick test.
• 10 let cake cool in pan for 30 minutes.
• 11 while cake is cooling, prepare glaze by mixing butter, brown sugar, and lime juice in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• 12 reduce heat and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
• 13 allow to cool slightly before adding rum.
• 14 carefully invert cake onto plate.
• 15 while cake is still warm, slowly drizzle the glaze over the cake, allowing it to soak in to the cake.
• 16 when cake is completely cool, dust with confectioners sugar.