Banana Coffee Cake Recipe

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      Title: Banana Coffee Cake
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      Yield: 12 Servings
 
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      3 c  Flour
      2 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Cinnamon
        pn Nutmeg (large)
  1 1/2 c  Mashed banana
    1/2 c  Banana liqueur
    1/3 c  Sour cream
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Unsalted butter; softened
      1 c  Sugar
      4    Extra large eggs
    3/4 c  Flaked coconut
    3/4 c  Chopped walnuts or pecans
    1/4 c  Banana liqueur; for
           .. brushing

MMMMM---------------------GLAZE 1, OPTIONAL-----------
      1 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
    1/4 c  Mashed banana
      2 tb Unsalted butter; softened
      1 tb Banana liqueur
      1 ts Lemon juice

MMMMM---------------------GLAZE 2, OPTIONAL-----------
    3/4 c  Powdered sugar; softed
      2 tb Unsalted butter; softened
      2 tb Banana liqueur
           -=OR=-
           Powdered sugar; for dusting
 
  Cake:
  
  Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 12 cup tube pan and
  set aside.
  
  Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt,
  cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
  
  Beat butter until light. Slowly beat in sugar and
  beat until it is light and fluffy, about 5
  minutes. At low speed, beat in eggs, 2 at a time,
  just until blended.
  
  Beat in the flour mixture and banana mixture
  alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Beat
  just until blended. Stir in coconut and nuts by
  hand, spread in pan smoothing top.
  
  Bake until cake is golden brown and begins to pull
  away from sides of pan, about 60 to 70 minutes.
  Test in center. Loosely cover with foil if cake
  starts to become too brown. Remove from oven; let
  cool on wire rack 10 minutes in pan. Carefully
  invert cake onto cake plate. Brush with the 1/4
  cup liqueur. Let cool.
  
  Glaze with either of the glazes or dust with
  powdered sugar.
  
  Glaze:
  
  Combine all ingredients until well blended. When
  the cake is lukewarm, spoon over top. Let cake
  cool completely.
 
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