Coconut Banana Coffee Cake

This little beauty was given to me from a sweet lady at work; and it is YUMMY!

And I'm not a big banana bread fan - this baby changed my mind!

It's banana bread texture with caramelized coconut on top! 

Preheat oven to 375

Grease 9X 13 pan

Cream together:

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup shortening (butter flavor Crisco sticks anyone?)

1 1/2 cups sugar

Mix in:

2 eggs
3 mashed ripe speckled but not brown bananas

1 tsp vanilla

5 T milk

2 cups flour 

1 tsp baking soda 

On stovetop on med heat :

1/2 cup margarine

3/4 cup brown sugar

stir till melted

fold in 7 ounces of large flaked coconut - called coconut chips

Add nuts if desired  (I never do)

Pour over cake batter evenly

Bake at 375 for 30-35 min

Check cake for done-ness