What are the best recipes for the following flavours of cake_coffee, banana and rich chocolate?

Coffee House Coffee Cake Recipe





A delicious coffee cake from the famed espresso chain.





Topping





1 cup all-purpose flour


1 cup packed light brown sugar


1/2 cup butter, softened


1 teaspoon cinnamon


1/2 cup chopped pecans





Cake





1 cup butter, softened


3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed


1/2 cup granulated sugar


2 large eggs


1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla


2 cups all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking powder


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/3 cup milk





Preheat oven to 325掳.


Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar, 1/2 cup softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl.


Mixture should have the consistency of moist sand.


Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.


In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.


Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.


In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.


Add this dry mixture to the moist ingredients a little at a time.


Add milk and mix well.


Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 baking pan that has been buttered and dusted with a light coating of flour.


Sprinkle the crumb topping over the batter.


Be sure the topping completely covers the batter.


Bake 50 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown. Cool.








Preparation and cooking time does not include time to allow the cake to cool, then chill completely, which is an essential step.





Cake





1 3/4 cups flour


1/2 teaspoon baking soda


1/4 teaspoon salt


2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder


1 1/4 cups sugar


1/2 cup butter, softened


1/4 cup buttermilk


1 1/4 cups mashed ripe bananas


2 large eggs





Frosting





1 lb confectioners' sugar


6 tablespoons butter, softened


2 tablespoons light cream


1 tablespoon light corn syrup


1/2 cup ripe bananas, mashed








For cake, preheat oven to 350掳F.


Measure flour, soda, salt, baking powder and sugar into mising bowl.


Add softened butter and mix at medium speed of electric mixer until the mixture is a ';mealy'; consistency.


Add buttermilk and mashed banana gradually and mix for four minutes; your mixture should be light and fluffy.


Scrape the mixture from the sides of the bowl and add eggs in two additions, beating after each addition of egg.


Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch cake pans and bake at 350掳 for about 25 minutes (cake should be golden brown).


Remove layers from pan and cool completely, then chill layers before you frost the cake (the icing is thin and it WILL RUN if cake is not cold!).


For frosting, cream butter and sugar together and slowly add the cream.


Add the mashed banana gradually, continuing to beat as you add it.


Add corn syrup and mix enough to blend well (corn syrup will help the thin frosting to ';set';).


Frost cake and store in refrigerator.





Rich Chocolate Cake Recipe





A delicious and moist chocolate cake that is sure to please! Prep time includes cooling time. Cook time varies according to pan size.





2 cups all-purpose flour


1 cup unsweetened cocoa


2 teaspoons baking powder


1 teaspoon baking soda


1/2 teaspoon salt


1 cup butter, softened


2 cups sugar


4 large eggs


2 teaspoons vanilla extract


1 1/3 cups milk


chocolate frosting








Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.


Grease 13 by 9'; baking pan or three 8-inch round cake pans.


In medium bowl,combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.


In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended.


Increase speed to high; beat until lght and fluffy, about 5 minutes.


Reduce speed to medium-low; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.


Beat in vanilla.


Mixture may appear grainy.


Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.


Beat until batter is smooth, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.


Pour batter into prepared pan.


Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes for 13 by 9'; cake or about 30 minutes for 8-inch layers.


Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.


Run thin knife around cake to loosen from sides of pan.


Invert cake or layers onto rack to cool completely.


Wait to spread frosting on cake until cake is completely cooled.