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Mammy’s Banana Cake Recipe

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Banana Cake:
  • 1/2 cup or 1 stick shortening (you can also use butter)
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Mashed Bananas the riper the better
  • 1/4 cup Buttermilk
  • 2 cups Plain Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
For the Frosting:
  • 1/2 cup Mashed Bananas
  • 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 cup Butter
  • 16 oz Confectioners Sugar

Method
 

  1. Cream the shortening and sugar.
  2. Add in eggs and mix well. Add in bananas and buttermilk.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Fold into wet mixture. Mix well.
  4. Add in Vanilla. Mix well.
  5. Pour into two 8 inch cake pans.
  6. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Depending on your oven start checking at 20 minutes.
For Frosting:
  1. Add all ingredients together in the mixer and mix well. Wait until cake cools fully to frost it.