Banana Cake With Crunchy Ndizi And Banana Whipped Cream Recipes

Steps:

• For the frozen banana bites: Peel and slice the banana into 1-inch pieces. Heat up the chocolate and shortening for 30 seconds in the microwave in a bowl. Remove and stir. If any lumps remain, heat in 10-second increments until fully melted.
• Place the banana pieces on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Using two forks, place a banana piece on one fork and dip it into the chocolate. Make sure the banana piece is covered completely. Remove the banana piece from the chocolate and, using the other fork, gently move the banana piece onto the cookie sheet. When completed, place the chocolate-covered banana pieces in the freezer for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight.
• For the chocolate cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9-by-13-inch cake pan by rubbing with butter, sprinkling with flour and tapping out the extra.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix together with a wooden spoon, then set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat well with a hand mixer. Slowly add the boiling water and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture, and fold and stir until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool on a rack.
• For the whipped cream: Beat the cream and vanilla in a chilled nonreactive bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer just until the mixture holds a loose peak. (Lift the beater from the cream and look at the shape of the peak at the end of the whisk; it should hold a lazy curve.) Sift the confectioners' sugar over the cream and continue to beat just until it holds a soft peak. Take care not to overbeat the cream or it will be curdy. Refrigerate, covered, for up to 4 hours.
• To assemble: When the cake is cool, cut in half with a long serrated knife. Place one half of the chocolate cake on a serving platter or cake stand. Cover the cake with strawberry pie filling (about 1 cup; you will have some left over, which can be refrigerated). Set the other half of the cake on top. Try to match up the ends that have been cut when stacking.
• With a pastry bag fitted with a large open star decorating tip, pipe whipped cream mounds on top of the cake. Add sprinkles. Cut the frozen banana bites in half and set on top of the whipped cream. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the bananas, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts, if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely.
• Spread the frosting thickly on the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves, if using.
• Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add in mashed bananas and sour milk.
• Mix by hand 300 strokes or in a mixer at low speed for 2 minutes.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Beat for 1 minute on low speed or by hand 150 strokes.
• Spread into an 8x10 inch pan or 9x9 inch pan that is greased only on the bottom Bake at 375 degrees for 35-42 minutes.
• While the cake is cooking prepare crunchy topping.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add coconut and nuts.
• Remove cake from oven and turn dial to broil.
• Spread crunchy topping (I usually make 1 and a half times the topping recipe) over hot cake and broil until sugar is bubbly and topping is browned (Approximatley 3 minutes).

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla with a mixer until fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in the banana, and then the flour mixture into the batter, alternating with the yogurt, until blended.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool in its pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and set on a wire rack to finish cooling.
• N'Dizi.
• Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
• Warm a skillet over medium-high heat and add the banana rounds and water to the skillet, cover and let steam for 1 minute.
• Drain the liquid.
• Dip the banana rounds in melted butter, coat with chopped nuts and set on a baking tray.
• Bake for 4 minutes, then flip the rounds and bake for 4- 6 minutes until the peanuts are roasted.
• Banana Whipped Cream.
• Beat the cream, vanilla and confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks formand then fold in the mashed banana.
• To serve, cut the cake into squares and top with the Banana Whipped Cream and Crunchy N'Dizi.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch layer cake pans. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well. Blend in the buttermilk. Add sifted flour mixture alternately with mashed banana to the egg mixture while beating. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake cake for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool on wire racks. Fill and frost the cake with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 8 inch round pans. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in the bananas. Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture. Stir in chopped walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, and place on a damp tea towel to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour a 9x13 pan.
• Cream the shortening, eggs, and vanilla together. Mix in the flour, sugar, banana, and buttermilk; beat until creamy.
• Bake approximately 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Icing:.
• Beat the egg whites, salt, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Spread on cake and top with banana slices (dip in lemon juice to prevent browning).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x8 inch pan. Make the oat crunch topping: In a small bowl, combine the rolled oats, brown sugar, melted butter and 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts. Mix well and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening and white sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in bananas, eggs, and vanilla. Combine the oat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda and salt. Beat into creamed mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the oat crunch topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13x9 inch cake pan.
• Cake: combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Add sugar, butter, 1/4 cup buttermilk and bananas. Beat for 2 minutes with wooden spoon (or electric mixer).
• Add eggs, vanilla and 1/4 cup buttermilk. Beat for 1 minute.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until tootpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Topping: while cake is baking, prepare topping. Melt butter in small saucepan (or microwave). Stir in remaining ingredients thoroughly.
• Remove cake from oven and immediately spread toping evenly over cake.
• Broil 6 inches below element for 2 to 3 minutes or until bubbly and golden.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Grease a 3 quart Bundt pan.
• Puree bananas (1 cup).
• Combine banana, cake mix, pudding, oil, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixing bowl.
• Mix well, beat on medium speed 8 minutes, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Mix almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; pour one-half cake batter into pan.
• Sprinkle with sugar mixture, cover with remaining batter.
• Stick a knife in the batter, swirl in figure 8 patterns through the layers (Be careful, don't over mix layers).
• Bake 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes, then invert on rack to cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar.
• You may garnish cake with sliced bananas if desired.