Banana Cake With White Chocolate Macadamia Frosting Recipes

BANANA WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH ICING - ABSOLUTELY DECADENT

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350, grease and flour 2 9 inch cake pans.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, add to creamed mixture alternately with the mashed bananas.
• Fold in the chopped white chocolate and divide mixture into into pans, spread evenly.
• Bake 30 minutes or until a tester inserted in center of the cakes comes out clean.
• Allow to cool ten minutes in the pans, then turn out onto a serving plate.
• Cream Cheese Icing: with electric beater cream cheese until smooth, then beat in the butter.
• Reduce speed and add icing sugar beating until smooth, stir in sour cream.
• To Assemble: When completely cool ice and garnish with large white chocolate curls made using a vegetable peeler.
• Note: have made this using layer cake pans as well as in a 9x13 pan which makes for a great 'bake and take'.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F Grease two 8" round cake pans and line with waxed paper.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cream shortening, sugar and eggs on high speed until light and fluffy.
• Add banana and vanilla. Add dry ingredients on low speed, alternating with buttermilk, mixing lightly after each addition.
• Stir in grated chocolate. Spread batter evenly in greased pans.
• Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
• Frosting:.
• Beat all ingredients together at high speed until smooth and light. Use just enough to make a spreading consistency.
• Frost cake layers. Decorate with chocolate curls.

BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in 3/4 cup pistachios., Transfer to two greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans. Bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add cocoa; mix until blended. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread top with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Spread top and sides with 2 cups frosting. Press pistachios into sides of cake if desired., Cut a small hole in the corner of a large pastry or plastic bag; insert #127 petal pastry tip. Fill the bag with remaining frosting. Pipe concentric circles of frosting over top of cake. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until frosting is set.