Banana Crunch Cake

Submitted by Courtly

"From Pillsbury Bake-off 1973 grand prize winner. Sounds good to me!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 3⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sliced very ripe bananas
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. In medium bowl, combine flour, coconut, rolled oats, brown sugar and pecans; mix well. Using fork or pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly; set aside.
2. In large bowl, combine bananas, sour cream and eggs; blend until smooth. Add cake mix; beat 2 minutes at high speed.
3. Spread 1/3 of batter in greased and floured pan; sprinkle with 1/3 of coconut mixture. Repeat layers 2 more times using remaining batter and coconut mixture, ending with coconut mixture.
4. Bake at 350°F for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool upright in pan 15 minutes; remove from pan. Place on serving plate, coconut side up. Cool completely.

Reviews

[laura z.]

My goodness! So delicious, moist and the crunch was an added bonus. Brought the cake to work it was devoured by noon!

 

[mom_of_4]

Fabulous!!! This was a great cake!! A nice way to use up some bananas!! I actually made a glaze using 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar, some milk and a little coconut extract and drizzled it over the cake. My kids can't eat a cake without frosting on it!! I have made this 3 times and will make it many more times!!

 

[JOY1998]

This cake was so easy to make, but it looked like I spent a lot of time baking! I gave slices of this cake to my office and dance class. Everyone loved it. I added 1 tsp of vanilla to the cake. This cake turned out really pretty with the layers. I used a butter cake mix as that is what I had. Thank you for posting this wonderful recipe.

 

[Chef MB]

Very easy to make, and delicious. I used a banana cake mix, subbed walnuts for the pecans and subbed plain yogurt for the sour cream. Everyone who tasted it, loved it. I agree with another poster, it fills the pan up very full, but it doesn't overflow, and the flavor is delicious. Can't wait to make it again!

 

[Aimchick]

I LIKED this cake. I made it in a silicone bundt pan and maybe thats why it cooked a little strangely. I had never used one of those pans before. Flavor was great...