Banana Cake Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 2 cups flour, sifted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 teaspoon baking soda (add to pureed bananas) 3 pureed bananas, very ripe Cream Cheese Frosting: 1/2 stick butter, softened 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar (confectioners sugar) 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13" baking pan or two 9" layer cake pans. Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Sift flour several times, then add the salt and baking powder to the flour. To the creamed butter mixture, add the milk and flour (alternating, beginning and ending with flour). Add vanilla and mashed bananas (with the baking soda added to the bananas) to this mixture. Bake layer cakes (9") for 25-30 minutes, or done. You can test for doneness by inserting a long wooden skewer in the cake, if it comes out dry then it is done. Note: make sure you look in without opening the oven door and see if the surface of the cake is dry then crack open the door and insert a long wooden skewer to test. Frosting Directions: 1. Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth, add sugar and vanilla and blend well. Spread on cooled cake. Directions for layering the cake: Make sure the cakes are completely cooled down, and with a long sharp knife, slide it on the surface of the cake and slice the raised top off. Reserve the crumbs for decorating. Spread some of the Icing on the slice cake and place the second cake on top. Note: if you are planning on decorating the whole cake, you may repeat the process of slicing off the top of the second cake. Cover with the remaining icing and use the reserved crumbs to plaster the sides and top of the cake, use fresh fruits of your choice to decorate top of the cake. To get a nice and even crumb, you can crumble them in a food processor to get a fine crumb.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 06:14:01 +0000
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