Eileen's Birthday Banana Cake With Buttercream Frosting |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 28 Minutes |
Ready In: 48 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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This recipe is from Eileen Goudge's book, Something Warm From the Oven . Use the Buttercream frosting recipe with it. Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened |
1 1/2 cups sugar |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
2 large eggs, at room temperature |
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
3/4 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 bananas, very ripe, mashed to equal 1 cup |
1/4 cup buttermilk |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour two 8-or 9-inch round cake pans, and line the bottoms with parchment.
2. Cream the butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed. Gradually add the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating until pale & fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. In another bowl,sift the flour with the baking powder,soda & salt.
4. In a another small bowl, combine mashed bananas & buttermilk.
5. To the creamed mixture add in the following order, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended: A third of the flour mixture,half the banana mixture,half the remaining flour mixture,the remaining banana mixture,then the remaining flour mixture.
6. Spoon batter into pans. Bake 25-30 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes before inverting onto wire racks. Cool before frosting.
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