Banana Coffee Cake

PREP TIME: 15 minutesYIELD: 12 servings
COOK TIME: 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

For the Cake:
2 to 3 large ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 1/3 cups), plus 1 large banana, sliced
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 eggs
2 2/3 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
maple syrup, optional

For the Streusel*:
1 cup Original Bisquick™ mix
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray the bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.

2. In large bowl, stir mashed bananas, granulated sugar, milk, oil, cinnamon and eggs. Stir in 2 2/3 cups Bisquick mix and 3/4 cup walnuts; fold in banana slices. Pour mixture into pan.

3. In medium bowl, mix streusel ingredients, cutting in butter with pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over mixture in pan.

4. Bake 30 to 36 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cut into 4 rows by 3 rows. Drizzle with maple syrup just before serving.

Make-Ahead Directions: Make as directed through step 3. Cover and refrigerate up to 12 hours. Uncover, and bake as directed in step 4.

Recipe from Betty Crocker

**What is a Streusel?**

Not to be confused with the similar-sounding strudel (a famous Viennese pastry), streusel is a crumbly, crunchy dessert topping that's common in Central Europe.

A mixture of flour, butter and sugar—plus optional flavorings like cinnamon, vanilla extract, lemon zest or nuts—it's sprinkled atop coffee cakes, muffins, fruit-based crumbles and other sweets before baking. (The word is derived the German verb "to scatter.")


Streusel is also the name of a round Alsatian brioche covered in sweet shortcrust pastry and sometimes filled with cream.

Photo: My Baking Addiction

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