New Italian Recipe's - Banana Cake

Ingredients Cake:
2/3 cup butter
2-½ cups flour
1-2/3 cups granulated sugar
1-¼ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1-¼ cup mashed ripe bananas
2 eggs
2/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Ingredients Coconut Topping:
1-½ cups packed dark brown sugar
2/3 cup butter
2 T milk
2 cups flaked coconut
2/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch cake pan.

Cream butter. Add dry ingredients, bananas and buttermilk. Mix slightly. Add eggs and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes or until very well browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.

Place oven rack 4 to 5 inches from broiler. Set oven to broil.

Mix butter, sugar and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts. Add coconut and nuts.

Pour and spread over cooled cake. Place under broiler and broil for 2 to 3 minutes or just until coconut begins to brown. Cool before serving.