It’s Friday and that can only mean one thing – its treat day! Yay! Today’s recipe is Banana & Coconut dessert – the perfect way to end a busy and hectic week. If you’ve had a week like mine then you will definitely want to put your feet up and enjoy this lush treat. It is perfect, bursting with flavour; so quick and easy that even your kids can make it. It has the right balance of sweetness, for all of you who don’t particularly have a sweet tooth; but for those of you that do, simply try it with a side of creamy vanilla ice cream.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 5-6 people
Ingredients
- 5 bananas
- 1 tbsp butter
- 80mls of sweet orange juice
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 5 tbsp brown sugar
- 150g of shredded coconut
Method
Cut each banana into 4 quarters (horizontally then vertically)
Arrange the bananas into a greased 9 inch round baking tray. Dot the butter over the bananas
Pour on the orange juice and lemon juice
Sprinkle over the sugar and coconut
Bake in the oven at 190 ?C for about 10 minutes or until the coconut is golden brown in colour.
Serving
Serve on its own, or with a side of creamy vanilla ice cream. Enjoy.
Kanta Temba is a cake maker and decorator. She is also the owner and founder of Kanta Kakes – cake shop.
You can find her work on www.kantakakes.com. Follow her on twitter @KantaKakes and Instagram @KantaTemba.
I want to eat that stuff tonite . Kanta i am inviting you to my house to make it for me , i have all the ingridients !