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Banana Cake with Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
CAKE:
3 cups sifted cake flour
1 T baking powder
1 & 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup shortening
2 & 1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs well beaten
1 & 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
(about 4 medium bananas)
1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 & 1/8 cup buttermilk

FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Crisco (butter flavored NOT recommended)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 T cornstarch
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup milk
Directions:
Directions:
CAKE:
Sift the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together. Cream the shortening, gradually add sugar and continue creaming. Add beaten eggs and bananas and mix well. Add the flour mixture alternately with the combined buttermilk and vanilla, beginning and ending with the flour. Pour into 2, 9 inch layer pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 375º for 25 to 30 minutes. Then cool on cake racks.

FROSTING:
Cream the butter and Crisco until fluffy. Gradually add cornstarch and sugar. Beat well after each addition, then add vanilla. Heat milk until very hot but not boiling. Add hot milk to sugar mixture a little at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition until all the sugar dissolves and it is thick enough to spread.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe has been in our family for 100 years and is often requested for birthdays.

 

 

 

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