Banana Nut Frosting Recipes

BANANA FROSTING

Steps:

• Mix the banana and lemon juice together.
• Cream the butter with 1 cup of the powdered sugar; then add the banana and enough remaining sugar to make the mixture thick and spreadable.

BANANA NUT CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Grease and flour oblong pan, 9x13x2 inches, or three 8-inch or two 9-inch round layer pans.
• Measure all ingredients except frosting into large mixing bowl.
• Blend 1/2 on low speed, scaping bowl constantly.
• Beat 3 minutes on high speed scraping bowl occasionally.
• Pour batter into pan (s).
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, oblong 45 to 50 minutes, layers 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool.
• Before serving frost cake with whip cream frosting, and garnish with banana slices.
• WHIP CREAM FROSTING: In a chilled bowl beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream and 3 tsps.
• sugar.
• Fold in 1 tsp vanilla.
• Yields 2 cups.

BANANA-NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix in pecans. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.
• Beat 1 cup sugar and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in banana, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add sour cream and mix until just blended. Add flour mixture and beat until blended.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar-nut mixture into the prepared cake pan. Top with 1/2 of the cake batter. Follow with remaining nut mixture and cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract; mix in powdered sugar gradually. Top the cooled cake with the frosting.

BANANA NUT CAKE W/ BANANA NUT FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and mashed bananas. In separate bowl, pour boiling water over pecans and set aside. Add lemon juice to banana mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together and add to batter alternately with butter milk and soda mixture. Add pecans.
• 2. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff peaks form. Fold in egg whites.
• 3. Bake in two 9 inch layer cake pans at 300 for 35, until golden brown and done in center. Remove from oven and cool completely before spreading with fill/frosting.
• 4. Filling/Frosting-Mix butter and sugar until creamy. Add bananas, nuts and juice( may need additional confectioners sugar if you like thicker frosting). Spread between layers and on sides and top of cake.

BANANA NUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Butter and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• For Cake: In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the eggs and oil and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat. Stir in the banana, pecans, and vanilla.
• Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake layers in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn them out onto a rack to cool completely.
• While the cake cools, make the frosting: In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the pecans, or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake.
• Fill and frost the cake when it is completely cool.