Banana Walnut Coffee Cake |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is so good. Sure to please all. Enjoy. Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts |
1/3 cup granulated sugar |
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon |
2 cups all purpose flour |
1 tablespoon baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1 cup unsalted butter softened |
2 cups granulated sugar |
2 eggs |
1 cup sour cream |
2 ripe bananas mashed |
1 firm banana for slicing |
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Butter a tube pan and dust with flour tapping out the excess and set aside.
3. To make the walnut and sugar sprinkle combine walnuts, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
4. To make the banana batter sift together the flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper and set aside.
5. In a large bowl cream the butter with an electric mixer on high speed until it is light.
6. Gradually beat in the sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy.
7. Change the mixer speed to medium.
8. Beat in the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition then beat in the sour cream, mashed bananas and vanilla.
9. Change speed to low then beat in the flour mixture just until blended.
10. Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan.
11. Scatter half of the walnut and sugar sprinkle over the batter.
12. Thinly slice the third banana over the batter.
13. Top with the remaining batter and scatter the remaining walnut and sugar sprinkle over the top.
14. Bake for 15 minutes then let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
15. Carefully loosen the cake from the sides and tube of the pan, then invert onto a wire rack and turn right-side-up.
16. Serve warm or cool sprinkled with sifted confectioners' sugar.
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