Banana cake

 
                                Banana Cake
 
 Recipe By     : Delicious Decisions/tpogue@idsonline.com
 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : dessert
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      3/4  cup           unsalted butter -- softened
    1 1/2  cups          sugar
    2                    eggs
    1      cup           banana -- mashed
    2      cups          cake flour -- sifted
    1      teaspoon      baking powder
    1      teaspoon      baking soda
      1/2  teaspoon      salt
      1/2  cup           buttermilk
      1/2  cup           pecans -- chopped
    1      cup           coconut -- flaked
                         Filling
      1/2  cup           sugar
    2      tablespoons   flour
      1/2  cup           whipping cream
    2      tablespoons   unsalted butter
      1/4  teaspoon      salt
      1/2  cup           pecans -- chopped
                         Frosting
      1/2  cup           unsalted butter -- softened
    1      pound         powdered sugar
      1/4  cup           milk
    1 1/2  teaspoons     vanilla
 
 Preheat oven to 375F. Butter and flour two nine inch cake pans.
 
 Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, and beat two minutes. Add banana
 , beat two minutes. Sift together dry ingredients and add to batter alternately
  with buttermilk. Stir in nuts. Pour into cake pans and gently press coconut  o
 nto batter. Bake 30 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and cool in pans 10
  minutes. Turn onto racks to cool thoroughly.
 
 To prepare filling, combine sugar, flour, cream, and butter in a saucepan over 
 medium heat. Stir until mixture thickens. Do not boil. Stir in salt, pecans, an
 d vanilla.
 Remove from heat to cool.
 
 Put one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread top with half the filling mixture
 . Place other layer on top and spread remaining filling on top.
 
 To prepare frosting, cream butter until light and add half the sugar, beating c
 onstantly. Add milk and remaining sugar alternately until mixture achieves spre
 ading consistency.
 Blend in vanilla. Frost sides of the cake and sprinkle with coconut to garnish.
  if desired.
 
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 Per serving: 690 Calories; 35g Fat (45% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 92g Car
 bohydrate; 107mg Cholesterol; 326mg Sodium
 
 
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