Southern Living Marvelous Banana Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating will at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• Add bananas; mix until smooth.
• Stir in eggs.
• Combine flour and baking soda; add to banana mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture (mixing after each addition).
• Stir in vanilla, bourbon (or juice) and pecans.
• Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes; cool in pans 10 minutes and remove cake from pans.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Banana Nut Frosting between layers and on top of cake.
• Yield: one 3 layer cake.
• Banana Nut Frosting:.
• Combine banana and lemon juice; set mixture aside.
• Cream softened butter at medium speed of an electric mixer; add powdered sugar and milk and mix well.
• Add banana mixture, beating until fluffy.
• Stir in toasted coconut and chopped pecans.
• Yield: 3 1/2 cups.

Steps:

• Beat eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until thick and pale; add cake mix and next 3 ingredients, mixing well.
• Stir in bananas and nuts.
• Pour batter into two greased and floured 8 1/2x 4 1/2 x 3-inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

Steps:

• Brown sugar in large pot until sugar melts.
• NOTE: Add just enough water to make a heavy syrup (I had to give an amt!).
• Pour syrup into Bundt pan and turn to spread over bottom and sides.
• Slice bananas length-wise into four thin slices; sprinkle with cinnamon; lay banana slices up the sides of the bundt pan (outside and center).
• NOTE: According to Lucia, don't sprinkle cinnamon on the "outside" of the bananas as it turns it dark.
• CAKE: Mix together 3 egg yolks, butter, and sugar; beat til light.
• Stir in milk, flour, & baking powder.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold into cake batter.
• Bake at 375 until cake is done (toothpick comes out clean).
• NOTE: Lucia said to bake for 20 minutes but it may take longer.
• Let cool in pan; carefully invert onto cake plate/serving platter.
• "Slice the cake and delight in it's taste" - Lucia Ceresini 10-28-98.

Steps:

• Cake: grease a mold 9 X 13 (some flour too), beat together the butter and sugar
• Add the eggs and beat
• Add vanilla and the mashed bananas
• In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Alterning with the sour cream add the dry ingredients to the first part.
• Pour into the mold and add on top the cinnamon, brown sugar, chipits and nuts. (I don't measure it, I sprinkle them over the cake); Cook 50 to 60 minutes at 350 degree F.