Moms Banana Cake Recipes

MOM'S FRESH BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Puree the bananas and let sit overnight. You may use them immediately but the overnight sit ripens the bananas to perfection.
• 2. Add baking soda to the pureed banana mixture. Set aside.
• 3. Cream sugar and butter.
• 4. Add eggs one at a time.
• 5. Add flour slowly.
• 6. Add banana mixture to the creamed mixture. Mix just until incorporated. DO NOT OVERMIX.
• 7. Pour into a greased 13x9 pan.
• 8. Bake for 30 min or just until golden brown. Be careful not to over bake.
• 9. For the cream cheese frosting, blend cream cheese, milk, vanilla, and salt. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until frosting is smooth and creamy. Check that it is of spreading consistency. If too thick add another 1 tsp of milk until it is the right consistency.
• 10. Frost the cake. Sprinkle lightly with chopped pecans.

MOM'S TENNESSEE BANANA BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray two 8- or 9-inch cake pans withflour-based cooking spray (or grease and flour) and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a separate bowl. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar thoroughly. Blend in bananas, eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with buttermilk until well incorporated, then fold in walnuts. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for 35 minutes for8-inch pans, or 30 minutes for 9-inch pans, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on a cooling rack for 10minutes, then turn out of pans to cool completely.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat on thestovetop. Add brown sugar and heavy cream, stirring until sugar is dissolved,about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract. Transfer the mixtureto the bowl of an electric mixer while still warm and melted. Beat onmedium-low speed while adding powdered sugar a little a time; mix until smoothand thick. Add additional heavy cream a tablespoon at a time until the frostingis of easy spreading consistency. This frosting firms quickly, almost to afudge-like state, so work quickly to frost the cake.
• Place a small amount of frosting on the center of a cakeplate to keep the cake from shifting. Place one layer on the cake plate, andapply a layer of frosting. Top with the other cake layer, and frost the outsideand top of the stacked layers. If the frosting begins to set up, add more heavycream and re-whip to soften. Immediately press chopped black walnuts onto thetop and sides of the cake, before frosting sets up.
• Combine the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl and whip until fluffy with an electric hand mixer. Add confectioners' sugar a little ata time until a thick, fluffy frosting forms; add milk or cream to thin as needed. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag with a large closed star piping tip. Pipe swirls of cream cheese frosting on the top edge of the cake. Garnish with black walnuts.

MOM'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Beat together butter & sugar.
• Add egg.
• Mix together flour, soda & baking powder. Add to sugar mixture.
• Add milk.
• Add bananas & vanilla.
• Bake in greased baking dish (I use square Corning ware dish) for 20-30 minute Frost with homemade powder sugar frosting, cream cheese frosting or vanilla. Hope you enjoy :).