Coconut and Banana Cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a cupcake with coconut and bananas? Prepare the necessary ingredients. It is advisable to take a ripe, soft banana. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance. Sift the flour through a sieve, thanks to which it will be saturated with oxygen, and the finished cake will turn out more tender. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the lemon and wipe dry. Remove the zest from a whole lemon and squeeze out 30 ml of lemon juice. For juice you will need approximately a little less than half of the fruit.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the banana and mash with a fork until smooth.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add butter and vegetable oil, softened at room temperature, sugar, vanilla sugar to the banana puree.

5. STEP 5

   

   Beat everything with a mixer until fluffy.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add the eggs to the banana mixture one at a time, beating the mixture well each time.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add lemon zest and juice to the resulting mass.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add coconut flakes and mix well with a spoon.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add sifted flour and baking powder. Quickly knead a homogeneous dough with the consistency of thick sour cream. Depending on the quality of flour, you may need a little more or a little less. You can read more about flour and its properties in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the dough into the prepared pan and smooth it out. Depending on the quality of the pan, grease it with butter or line it with parchment if necessary. You can choose the right parchment paper and baking dish by reading separate articles; links are at the end of the recipe.

11. STEP 11

    

    Bake the cake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer. The exact time depends on your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, link at the end of the recipe. You can check readiness with a toothpick. To do this, stick it into the middle of the pie and immediately take it out - if it is dry, then the pie is ready.

12. STEP 12

    

    Remove the finished baked goods from the oven, let cool and remove from the pan. Before serving, you can sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar. Cut the cake into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Olga

16.11.2023

4.6

I liked the composition of the cupcake and decided to try baking it. All the ingredients complement each other perfectly. With the first bite, you can feel the coconut flakes and crumbliness of the cake, then your taste buds detect lemon and banana. Delicate, light and not cloying. Cake with coconut and bananas, like a special form of culinary art! A wonderful composition of coconut, lemon and banana.