Tropical Banana Snack Cake

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 cu. all purpose flour
• 1 lime
• 1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cu. flaked sweetened coconut
• 1/2 cu. chopped pecans
• 2 small bananas, mashed
• 1 cu. crushed pineapple (undrained)
• 2 eggs
• 1/8 cu. oil
• 1/4 cu. white sugar
• 1/2 cu. brown sugar, packed
• Frosting:
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 2 oz. butter, softened
• 2 c.s powdered sugar
• 1 lime, zested & juiced

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x9 pan. Zest the lime.
2. In a small bow,l combine flour, lime zest, baking soda, baking powder, coconut, pecans & a dash of salt.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk bananas, pineapple, eggs, white sugar, brown sugar, oil and 1 tsp. lime juice.
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients just until combined (don't overmix). Pour into pan, bake 25-28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
5. Frosting:
6. Cream together cream cheese and butter with mixer on medium-low. Add in lime zest and 1 tsp. lime juice. Mix in powdered sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Beat on medium until fluffy. Spread over cake and cut.