Pecan Banana Coffee Cake

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350, and grease and flour every nook and cranny of a bundt pan.

Pecans

• Mix all ingredients in a small bowl.

Cake

• Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, mashed banana, and vanilla.
• Stir dry ingredients in a small bowl and add slowly to the mixer.
• Put half of the pecan mixture in the bottom of the pan and top with half the cake batter--repeat.
• Bake 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool completely, then make icing.

Icing

• Melt butter in a medium sized pan (the icing will be made in this pan).
• Add sugar and milk, bring to a boil, and keep it there for one minute.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla.
• Beat in powdered sugar.
• Drizzle immediately over cake.