Jamaican Mystery Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup toasted chopped walnuts
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee, dissolved in
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
• 1 banana
• 2 tablespoons grand marnier
• 1/2 cup toasted chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 for cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 sift together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• 5 fold in mashed banana and walnuts.
• 6 pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• 7 let cool in pan 5 mins, invert on cake rack to cool.
• 8 for icing: in small bowl cream butter and sugar at medium speed.
• 9 using high speed add eggs one at at time, beating well after each addtion.
• 10 blend in dissolved instant coffee mixture.
• 11 to assemble: slice cake in half lengthwise.
• 12 place bottom layer cut side up on cake platter.
• 13 slice banana and arrange evenly over cake.
• 14 sprinkle with grand marnier.
• 15 spread one-half of icing over bananas.
• 16 add top layer and frost top only with remaining icing.
• 17 garnish with walnuts.
• 18 refrigerate.