BANANA WALNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 10 inch tube pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess, and set aside.
• Combine walnuts, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Set aside.
• To make banana batter, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on high until light. Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat in sour cream, mashed bananas and vanilla.
• Change mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture just until blended.
• Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Scatter half of the walnut and sugar sprinkle over the batter.
• Thinly slice the third banana over the batter.
• Top with remaining batter and scatter rest of walnut and sugar sprinkle over top.
• Bake about 1 hour and 15 minutes, when skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Carefully loosen the cake from the sides then invert onto wire rack turning right side up.
• Sprinkle with confectioners sugar, if desired.