BANANA, COCONUT AND DATE CAKE.

Ingredients......2 eggs, 1/2 cup of castor sugar, 1 cup of sour cream, 1 cup of plain flour, 1 tsp of bi carb of soda, 3 ripe bananas ( mashed ), 1/2 cup of pitted dates ( halved ), 1/3 cup of desiccated coconut. Frosting .....1/2 cup of sour cream, 2 cups of icing sugar, 1 tbs of apricot jam. All measurements were done with measuring cups. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 20cm ring pan . Beat the eggs and castor sugar for 10 minutes or until light and creamy. Fold in the remaining ingredients, until well incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 60 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through ( check with a skewer). Allow to stand in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Now for the icing ......combine all the ingredients for the frosting and when combined smooth over the top of the cake and top with toasted shredded coconut.