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Banana Cake - Grandma Margaret's Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. cake flour (2 T. cornstarch with reg flour)
1 t. bak. pdr.
1 t. soda
3/4 t. salt
1 1/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. buttermilk (I use 1 1/4 T. buttermilk pdr. and 1/2 c. water)
1 t. vanilla
1 c. fully ripe bananas
Icing:::
2 T. water
4 1/2 T. sugar
2 1/3 c. pdr. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. shortening
1 t. vanilla

Directions:
Directions:
Beat eggs till very thick. Add sugar and shortening and bananas and beat well. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk or water if using pdr. buttermilk. Add nuts and mix together bake in 9x13 or round cake pans. (If using round, line with waxed paper) Bake 350degrees for 30 minutes
ICING:
Boil water and sugar together a few minutes. Mix pdr. sugar and eggs. Blend into syrup and add shortening and vanilla. Beat until creamy.

Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Always reminds me of Grandma Margaret. She was such an awesome cook. Love and miss her.

 

 

 

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