Coconut Banana Cake With Passionfruit Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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
Passionfruit frosting
60 g butter, softened
60 g cream cheese
320 g icing sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon passion fruit pulp

Preparation

Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160 centigrade.
Grease a deep 19cm square cake pan, line base with baking paper.
Combine coconut and milk in a bowl.
Let it stand for 30 minutes.
Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and beat until combined.
Stir in the sifted flour, then banana, coconut mixture and the extra milk.
Spread the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake in the oven for around 50 minutes until cooked when tested.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool.
For the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese in a small bowl with and electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Gradually stir in the icing sugar and the passionfruit pulp.
Spread cake with the passionfruit frosting.