melissa-dallas
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for my cousin's birthday cake yesterday. Raves from all today. It was just lovely.
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Made KathyZ's Banana Cake with Michael's Banana Cake Icing
- Thread starter melissa-dallas
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Hi! Didn't see either in T&T-- can you post the recipes, or point me in the right direction?
I am always looking for good banana cake recipes. It's rather hard to beat Ina's banana crunch muffins, which I have made into mini loaves as well as regular size.
Banana icing sounds good!
Thanks!
I am always looking for good banana cake recipes. It's rather hard to beat Ina's banana crunch muffins, which I have made into mini loaves as well as regular size.
Banana icing sounds good!
Thanks!
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
Here they are:
Cathy's:
BANANA CAKE WITH BANANA FILLING
Sift together:
2-1/2 cups cake flour
1-2/3 cups sugar
1-1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Add:
2/3 cup each soft Crisco (or whatever shortening you use) and buttermilk
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
Beat above mixture and add:
2 large eggs, one at a time
2/3 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, whatever!)
Pour into prepared 9" round pans and bake in a preheated oven
at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Cool down before putting filling on it.
FILLING:
Cream together in a saucepan:
1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
Add:
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
Bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and beat in: 1 egg (I beat the egg first then put a bit of the banana mixture into the egg to heat it up then put the egg mixture into the banana mixture- that way the egg won't cook and curdle.) Return to stove, stirring constantly until it gets very thick. Cool down to room temp. before filling cake. Spread the banana mixture between the layers of cake. After filling has set, frost with seafoam frosting.
SEAFOAM FROSTING
Boil to a thread stage on medium heat:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tbsp white Karo Syrup
Beat until frothy: 3 egg whites and 1/8 tsp salt.
Add the syrup in a thin stream while beating with the sturdy KitchenAid constantly. When whipped and thickening, add a few drops of lemon juice and 1 tsp good vanilla. Cool before frosting cake
Michael's:
Just so no banana ever goes to waste:
My family loves this banana cake recipe, which always turns out a bit coarser than a cake, and a bit lighter than banana bread. It makes about 20 decent-sized cup cakes, and could be used to make muffins if you oil and flour the tins.
Banana Cake
From an old copy of BH & G Cookbook
2 tsp. lemon juice, plus milk to make 2/3 cup
2 1/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup mashed VERY RIPE bananas (about 2 medium)
2 eggs
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Place 2 tsp. lemon juice in a measuring cup. Add milk to make 2/3 cup, set aside to curdle.
Sift into a large bowl: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add to flour mixture: shortening, mashed bananas, sour milk; mix until all flour is dampened. Beat vigorously 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes longer. Stir in walnuts.
Bake in 2 greased and floured 9" round cake pans for 35 minutes in a pre-heated 350- degree oven. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove; cool on racks.
Wonderful with cream cheese and white chocolate frosting: Melt one 11 oz. package of white chocolate chips in the micro (careful not to scorch!). Cool slightly, but while still melted add to two 8 oz bricks of cream cheese that you've creamed in a mixer. Blend well, on high speed with a flat beater, until fluffy. Add one cup (to taste) powdered sugar, to adjust sweetness.
For cupcakes, fill cupcake cups 3/4 full and bake for about 20 minutes, testing with a toothpick until it comes out clean.
For muffins, grease and flour tin, and fill to desired height (I fill mine to just under the edge, so I get a nice "cap") and bake for about 20 minutes until done (see cupcakes, above).
Enjoy! Michael
Cathy's:
BANANA CAKE WITH BANANA FILLING
Sift together:
2-1/2 cups cake flour
1-2/3 cups sugar
1-1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Add:
2/3 cup each soft Crisco (or whatever shortening you use) and buttermilk
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
Beat above mixture and add:
2 large eggs, one at a time
2/3 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, whatever!)
Pour into prepared 9" round pans and bake in a preheated oven
at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Cool down before putting filling on it.
FILLING:
Cream together in a saucepan:
1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
Add:
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
Bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and beat in: 1 egg (I beat the egg first then put a bit of the banana mixture into the egg to heat it up then put the egg mixture into the banana mixture- that way the egg won't cook and curdle.) Return to stove, stirring constantly until it gets very thick. Cool down to room temp. before filling cake. Spread the banana mixture between the layers of cake. After filling has set, frost with seafoam frosting.
SEAFOAM FROSTING
Boil to a thread stage on medium heat:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tbsp white Karo Syrup
Beat until frothy: 3 egg whites and 1/8 tsp salt.
Add the syrup in a thin stream while beating with the sturdy KitchenAid constantly. When whipped and thickening, add a few drops of lemon juice and 1 tsp good vanilla. Cool before frosting cake
Michael's:
Just so no banana ever goes to waste:
My family loves this banana cake recipe, which always turns out a bit coarser than a cake, and a bit lighter than banana bread. It makes about 20 decent-sized cup cakes, and could be used to make muffins if you oil and flour the tins.
Banana Cake
From an old copy of BH & G Cookbook
2 tsp. lemon juice, plus milk to make 2/3 cup
2 1/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup mashed VERY RIPE bananas (about 2 medium)
2 eggs
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Place 2 tsp. lemon juice in a measuring cup. Add milk to make 2/3 cup, set aside to curdle.
Sift into a large bowl: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add to flour mixture: shortening, mashed bananas, sour milk; mix until all flour is dampened. Beat vigorously 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes longer. Stir in walnuts.
Bake in 2 greased and floured 9" round cake pans for 35 minutes in a pre-heated 350- degree oven. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove; cool on racks.
Wonderful with cream cheese and white chocolate frosting: Melt one 11 oz. package of white chocolate chips in the micro (careful not to scorch!). Cool slightly, but while still melted add to two 8 oz bricks of cream cheese that you've creamed in a mixer. Blend well, on high speed with a flat beater, until fluffy. Add one cup (to taste) powdered sugar, to adjust sweetness.
For cupcakes, fill cupcake cups 3/4 full and bake for about 20 minutes, testing with a toothpick until it comes out clean.
For muffins, grease and flour tin, and fill to desired height (I fill mine to just under the edge, so I get a nice "cap") and bake for about 20 minutes until done (see cupcakes, above).
Enjoy! Michael