Cinnamon Banana Wake-up Cake

Damn, it's been a while! Mr. Smith and I have had a few busy weeks with travels and whatnot, the most recent being to the Big Easy where we chowed down here and here. If you haven't been to NOLA~ GET.THERE.NOW... Anywho- back to the kitchen. With all that traveling, another bunch of bananas hit the skids and turned up in my favorite coffee cake- so here it is. The cookbook is a bit kitchy, but it was the first one I ever bought so it has a special place in my heart.


Cinnamon Banana Wake- Up Cake
From: Keeping Good Company

1/3 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup water
2 bananas, coarsely mashed (not pureed)
1 2/3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans are good)
2 tbsp sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
Beat together first four ingredients until well blended. Stir in bananas and next six ingredients and mix well. Spread batter into a greased bundt pan and sprinkle top with nuts and cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan.