-Attention banana lovers.
Use up overripe bananas with this moist and
delicious banana cake featuring 3 bananas
in each batch.
First, start by greasing a 13 x 9 inch baking
pan then flour the pan.
As an alternate, to make a layer cake, you
can also use two 8 or 9-inch round cake pans.
Go ahead and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Next, to two and a quarter cups of all purpose
flour in a mixing bowl, add one and a half
cups of sugar, one and a half teaspoons of
baking power, one teaspoon of baking soda,
and a half teaspoon of salt.
Stir these dry ingredients together well.
Now we'll add the wet ingredients.
Add 1 cup of mashed rice bananas.
It will take about 3 bananas to make 1 cup.
Next, pour in 3 quarters of a cup of buttermilk.
Add a half cup of shortening and add 1 teaspoon
of vanilla.
Use an electric mixer on low speed to combine
the ingredients then add 2 eggs and beat on
medium speed for 2 minutes.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Place the baking pan into the oven.
Bake the cake until a wooden toothpick inserted
in the middle comes out clean.
This will take about 35 minutes.
It will take 5 or 10 less minutes to bake
round cake layers.
Place the cake on a wire rack to cool.
Once it's cooled thoroughly, frost it with
your favorite frosting.
Cream cheese frosting pairs particularly well
with banana cakes, so we're trying that.
And other frosting flavors such as chocolate
or peanut butter will be yummy too.
