Chocolate Layer
1/2 c Softened butter or margarine
1 1/4 c Sugar
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
2 lg Eggs
1 c Sour cream
3 Squares unsweetened
-chocolate; melted
1/4 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 c Flour
Banana Layer
1/4 c Softened butter or margarine
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 lg Egg
2 lg Ripe bananas; mashed
1/4 c Sour cream
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Flour
Frosting
1 c Softened butter or margarine
1 c Creamy peanut butter
1 lb Confectioners’ sugar; (about
-4 cups)
1/4 c Milk
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
Chocolate Layer: Heat oven to 350. Grease two 8 x 1 1/2 inch round
cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper, grease paper. Beat butter,
sugar, baking soda and salt until blended. Add eggs one at a time.
Beat in sour cream, chocolate, milk and vanilla. Add flour and beat
just until blended. Pour into pans and smooth tops. Bake 25 to 30
minutes. Cool cakes 10 minutes, run a knife around edge of pans and
invert onto wire racks to cool completely.
Banana Layer: Beat butter, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
until blended. Add egg and beat 1 minute. Beat in bananas, sour cream
and vanilla. Add flour and beat just until blended. Prepare 1 cake
pan as for chocolate layer, pour batter in and bake 25 to 30 minutes
again at 350. Cool same as chocolate layer.
Frosting: Beat butter until fluffy. Beating until blended after each
addition, beat in peanut better, 1/2 the confectioners’ sugar, the
milk, vanilla, then the remaining sugar. Cover with plastic until
ready to use.
To assemble: Place 1 chocolate layer on a serving plate, spread 1/2
cup frosting on that layer. Top with banana layer, spread with
another 1/2 cup frosting. Add remaining chocolate layer, bottom side
up. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Garnish
with peanuts, melted chocolate.
Per serving: 5591 Calories; 257g Fat (40% calories from fat); 140g
Protein; 736g Carbohydrate; 686mg Cholesterol; 5298mg Sodium
Yields
1 servings