Banana & Coconut Cake

Original recipe from "Good Cooking - Delicious Desserts", altered to fit our taste


1 stick butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 eggs
2 additional egg whites
3 ripe bananas
juice and rind from half an orange
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup coconut flakes


Combine butter and sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and egg whites. Mash the bananas and stir them into the batter. Mix the dry ingredients together and add them plus the coconut flakes into the batter. Pour the mixture into a spring pan and bake in 350 degrees oven for ca. 40 minutes.


Dust confectioners' sugar over the cake once cool.