Creamy Banana Coffee Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Ingredients and Directions

·         6 ounces cream cheese

·         1/3 cup sugar

·         1 tablespoon flour

·         ½ teaspoon nutmeg

·         1 egg

Beat cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth. Beat egg into mixture until smooth.  Set aside.

·         ½ cup butter, softened

·         1½  cup white sugar

Cream butter, gradually adding sugar. 

·         2 eggs

Add eggs one at a time, beating until smooth.

·         1 teaspoon baking soda

·         3 tablespoons hot water

Combine soda and hot water and add to creamed mixture.  Stir until blended.

·         3 cups flour

·         1 teaspoon baking powder

·         ½ teaspoon salt

·         ½ teaspoon nutmeg

·         1 teaspoon cinnamon

·         1/3 cup orange juice

Sift dry ingredients together and add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with orange juice.

·         1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·         3 ripe, mashed bananas

·         1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Stir vanilla, bananas and pecans (if desired) into batter. 

Spoon 1½ cup batter into a greased Bundt pan.  Spread cream cheese mixture over batter.  Spoon the rest of the cake batter over cream cheese. 

Bake 55-60 minutes.

Cool in pan 15 minutes then invert cake onto a wire rack.  Brush with 1 teaspoon melted butter and sprinkle with Cinnamon and sugar.

Debbie Weitzel