Banana-Nut Cake Royale - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. mashed bananas
2 c. cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. nuts
1 c. flaked coconut
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 c. cream
2 Tbsp. butter
1 egg white
1/2 tsp. coconut flavoring
2 c. sifted confectioners sugar

Preparation

Cream 3/4 cup shortening with 1 1/2 cups sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add bananas; beat for 2 minutes.
Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk to banana mixture.
Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat for 2 minutes longer.
Stir in 1/2 cup nuts.
Pour into 2 greased layer cake pans; sprinkle half the coconut over each layer.
Bake in preheated 350\u00b0 oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Remove from pans; cool, coconut side up, on wire racks.