Friday, September 18, 2009

Yummy banana cake recipe

BANANA CAKE
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
2 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/8 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

•Preheat Oven to 325 degrees and grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• In a small bowl, mash bananas with lemon juice
•sift flour, baking soda and salt and set aside
• Cream 3/4 cup butter, 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time
• Add flour alternately with buttermilk
• Stir in banana mixture.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for at least one hour.
• Remove from oven and place directly in fridge or freezer for 45 minutes.

BROWN BUTTER FROSTING
1/3 cup melted buter
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
small amount of milk

• Brown the butter in small pan until it turns a pale tan color. Don't burn it!
• Add the powdered sugar and vanilla. If frosting is too thick to spread, add small amounts
of milk to thin it.


3 comments:

Jenni Call said...

I can't wait to try it! You would love Miekka's hummingbird cake recipe!! James LOVES it...

Mrs. Laura Kay Pettit said...

Sounds yummy! I want to try it! Sounds like we need Miekka to share her hummingbird cake recipe!

Jess@craftiness is not optional said...

yum that frosting sounds delish!