• Cooking Time: 1 hour
• Preparation Time: ca 20 Minutes
• 5 dl (ca 300g) Flour
• 1 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 2 dl (200g) soft Butter (one USA Stick Butter is 125g)
• 2 dl Ligth Brown Sugar (ca 1 cup)
• 1 dl Sugar
• 1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Essence
• 3 large Eggs
• 1 Tbsp grated peel of Lemon (Make sure it is Organic Lemon)
• 3 big Bananas finely minced with a fork
• 3 Tbsp Creme Fraiche (Sour Cream)
• 1 1/2 dl (75g, 1/2 cup) Chopped Walnuts
• 2 dl (70g) Grated Coconut

1. Sift the Flour
2. Mix the dried ingredience together.
3. Beat the butter and sugar creamy together,
4. add the eggs
5. then vanilla and lemon peel
6. Then mix in the Sour Cream and bananas
7. Then little by little the dry ingredients
8. Finally the nuts and
9. make sure not to stir too long, just long enough to combine all
11. Bake in a round form with a hole in it or in a large Loaf Form
12. for ca 1 hour at 180°C
13. Or until a needle comes out clean and the Kitchen is filled with it´s beautiful smell
15. Wonderful with a good cup of coffee, and it is also good to put some cold butter on the slice or even yellow cheese (Gouda is my favourite :)).
16. Enjoy!

This Recipie is from an old issue of an Icelandic Food magazine (Gestgjafinn) This has been my favourite ever since and everybody loves it who tries it with me. I think it is quite American Style :) Hope you will enjoy it also.