It turned out fantastically, as I suspected it would. I did try it with the coconut. It was a very unique flavor. Like nothing I have ever tasted before. The coconut does give it a zing, as I suspected it would, but so many flavors at once was a little hard to decipher. While all the flavors complemented each other, the cake, banana, butter, honey, cream cheese frosting, the coconut really took the whole thing out of orbit.
I would recommend the coconut, if you like it. But only sparingly as a garnish. Not really as an actual ingredient.
Today I'm working on cheese stuffed cornbread.