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Banana Nut Cake with Butter Cream Frosting Recipe

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BANANA NUT CAKE


Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
⅔2 ½ c. Cake Flour
1 ⅔ c. Sugar
1 ¼ tsp. Baking Powder
1 ¼ tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
⅔ c. Soft Butter
⅔ c. Buttermilk
1 ¼ Mashed Ripe Bananas (About 3 Medium - Bananas should have brown spots on them)
3 Eggs (½ - ⅔ c.)
⅔ c. Finely Chopped Nuts



Directions:
Directions:
HEAT OVEN TO 300º

SIFT TOGETHER:

2 ½ c. Cake Flour
1 ⅔ c. Sugar
1 ¼ tsp. Baking Powder
1 ¼ tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt

ADD:

⅔ c. Soft Butter
⅓ c. Buttermilk (Half of the Original Ingredient)
1 ¼ Mashed Ripe Bananas (About 3 Medium)

Beat all of the above ingredients together for about 2 minutes on medium, scraping the bowl to ensure all ingredients are blended together.

ADD:

3 Eggs (½ - ⅔ c.)
⅓ c. of the Remaining Buttermilk

Beat the mixture for another 2 minutes, scraping the bowl making sure all of the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together.

FOLD IN:

⅔ c. Finely Chopped Nuts

Gently fold in the chopped nuts ensuring that the mixture is not over beaten

GREASE & FLOUR - 2 9" layer cake pans or a 9" x 13" oblong pan and pour batter into pans.

BAKE at 300º
Layer Pans - 30 - 35 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
oblong Pan - 45 - 50 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Cool cake and ice with Butter Cream Frosting


 

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING


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