Last year we made Wacky Cake because she was intrigued when Hannah told her about it. This year we did another fairly simple cake, banana cake. It's another good way to use up those over-ripe bananas in your fruit bowl.
Banana Cake
Mix in a large bowl:
2 1/2 cups of flour (regular, not self-rising. If you use self-rising, use a little more flour and skip the next 3 ingredients)
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 2/3 cups white sugar
Add:
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I use light olive oil)
1/3 cup buttermilk (I make buttermilk substitute by adding a teaspoon of vinegar to 2% milk)
1 1/4 cups mashed bananas
Blend ingredients well. Then add:
1/3 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
Beat vigorously until well blended. Pour into a greased 10x14 pan and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 35-45 minutes.
For frosting, you can make the standard buttercream frosting, or cheat like we did and use packaged cream cheese frosting. To either, add about 1/2 cup of mashed bananas.
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| Michaela's "fancy" glass with sweet tea. The Sangria bottle works nicely for making tea! |
Yum!
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