Oatmeal Coconut Banana Chip Cake

I like cake mix redo recipes. It is great to bake from scratch but we all have those days when the faster we can get something done, the better it is for our tempers and sanity. This is a good example and is open to variations.

Oatmeal Coconut Banana Chip Cake
1/2 stick butter
1 container prepared coconut pecan frosting
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup sour cream
4 eggs
2 very ripe bananas
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1 box yellow cake mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Vegetable oil spray either a Bundt pan or a 10-inch tube cake pan.

In a cooking pot, melt the butter and stir in the frosting mix. Add the oats until the mixture becomes crumbly. In a large mixing bowl, place the sour cream, eggs, bananas, vanilla, and cinnamon. Blend until very smooth. Beat in the cake mix and stir in the chocolate chips.

In the prepared cake pan of your choice, spread about 1/3rd of the batter. Sprinkle in 1/3rd of the crumb mixture. Repeat   ending with crumbs on top.

Bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted towards the middle of the cake comes out clean of moist crumbs/batter. Cool for approximately 20 minutes before turning out of the pan onto
a serving plate.

Ideas . . .
Adding 1/2 cup of ground nuts would make it a bit denser but tasty.
Butterscotch chips instead of chocolate?
Try this with a chocolate or spice cake mix?

Our Brave New World . . . ?

We know the world has taken a downward turn when someone can't use initiative to get themselves out of a tight spot. Americans used to be known as resourceful . . . and still are . . . until the government overgoverns them and replaces gumption and drive with handouts and nanny state help they didn't want in the first place.

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/08/12695-13-year-olds-hot-dog-stand-shut-down-boy-now-homeless/

Not in my day . . .

The world has always been an interesting place. Change is constant and nothing is ever quite the same from day to day. We don't always notice this until there is a cumulative effect and the growing change is suddenly quite evident.

This kind of hit me suddenly as I was taking my son to college and I was talking to him about classes, teacher preferences, etc. and reminded him to make a note of all exits in the classroom and what to do if someone should go crazy and start shooting. This took me aback as I know my mother never had to even think about this when I was growing up! When my daughter and friends went to a late-night opening of a movie, earlier in the year, I wasn't very happy about the late hour or the crowds of people who just had to be there for the first showing of a film that would be out for weeks. It seemed to me that it was a perfect opportunity for a crazy person to do something stupid. Then the Colorado shooting happened . . . I prayed for the victims and their families and, like everyone else, was so glad it wasn't my children or their friends in that situation. The next time they went to the movies, after that, I reminded them about what to do it someone does something stupid like open fire in a crowded theater. Again, not something that even vaguely came to mind in my youth.

The world, as a whole, has a capacity for goodness and greatness and you have to wonder about the spreading pockets of random killings and such. Mother Theresa once said something to the effect that until we stop killing our unborn, there will be violence in the streets. I think God was speaking through her and sending us a message . . . One that many don't heed.

Great Quotes - All New Favorites!

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable."
-- John Kenneth Galbraith

"Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel."
-- William Hazlitt

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
-- Will Durant

"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards."
-- Robert Heinlein