Banana Coffee Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

I baked this cake for hubby on his Birthday 3 weeks ago.I almost forget to post this entry..Well, as they said better late than never,right? I mixed half of the flour with cake flour and the other half with all purpose flour.And the outcome of the cake texture is really soft and fine.Since I have few ripe banana on the counter I might as well use it to make the cake more favourable and pretty..Well,I like to icing decorate the cake I baked even though it's not professional decoration but I still like to try and practise with the pipping to make myself better in future . Hope you like it:) Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs ,separated,at room temperature
1 cup un-salted butter,room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
2 tsp instant coffee + 2 tbsp warm water
4-5 ripe banana,sliced







Method:

1:Preheat oven to 350 F.Line 2 pans 8 x 8 x 2 inch round baking pan with parchment paper.
2:In a medium size bowl,sift together the flour,baking powder and salt.Set aside.
3:Beat egg yolks and instant coffee lightly in a small bowl,about 1 minute. Cream butter eggs and sugar in a mixer until fluffy and frothy,about 2-3 minutes.Add the egg yolk.Add the dry ingredients in two parts,alternating with the milk.
4:In a separate bowl ,on the high speed of an electric mixer,beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.Gently fold the egg whites into the batter.Batter will be thick and dough like.
5:Pour the batter into prepared pans.Bake 40-45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out with moist crumbs attached.Do not over bake.Allow to cool for 20 minutes before icing and decorate with sliced banana.


Check HERE for Cream Cheese recipe and Method!!