Incredible Banana Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 medium ripe bananas
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix (with out pudding)
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• confectioners' sugar, to sprinkle (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 grease a 3 quart bundt pan.
• 3 puree bananas (1 cup).
• 4 combine banana, cake mix, pudding, oil, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixing bowl.
• 5 mix well, beat on medium speed 8 minutes, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• 6 mix almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; pour one-half cake batter into pan.
• 7 sprinkle with sugar mixture, cover with remaining batter.
• 8 stick a knife in the batter, swirl in figure 8 patterns through the layers (be careful, don't over mix layers).
• 9 bake 60-65 minutes. cool in pan on rack 10 minutes, then invert on rack to cool completely.
• 10 dust with powdered sugar.
• 11 you may garnish cake with sliced bananas if desired.