Stephen Ceideburg
-BANANA CAKE-
1 ts Vegetable shortening
3 c Sifted cake flour
1 tb Baking powder
1 1/4 c Granulated sugar
3 Eggs
1/3 c + 1 tb butter softened
1 1/2 c Mashed ripe bananas
1/3 c Buttermilk
-CHOCOLATE GLAZE-
1 c Unsifted powdered sugar
1/4 c Unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/4 c Boiling water
To make Banana Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two
9-inch cake pans or one 13-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan with shortening.
Then flour and set aside.
Sift flour with baking powder; set aside.
In mixer bowl, beat sugar with eggs and butter on medium speed 5
minutes, scraping bowl down several times. Reduce speed to low, beat
in bananas and buttermilk. Add dry ingredients all at once, mixing
only moisten dry ingredients. Spoon batter into pans and bake on
middle shelf of oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted
in center comes out clean.
Cool 5 minutes in pans, then turn onto rack to finish cooling. For
best results, wrap cooled layers in film and ripen overnight before
serving. Either serve plain or with Chocolate Glaze.
To make Chocolate Glaze: Sift sugar with cocoa, set aside. Melt
chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, or in
microwave oven on high for 1 minute. Off heat, stir boiling water
into melted chocolate to make a smooth paste, then stir in
sugar-cocoa mixture. Spread evenly while warm over Banana Cake layers.
Variation: To make Banana Nut Cake, fold in 1/2 cup chopped pecans or
walnuts with flour.
Per serving (based on 12 servings with glaze): 346 calories, 5 grams
protein, 62 grams carbohydrate, 10 grams fat, 70 milligrams
cholesterol, 166 milligrams sodium.
Per serving (based on 12 servings without glaze): 319 calories, 5
grams protein, 52 grams carbohydrate, 8 grams fat, 70 milligrams
cholesterol, 165 milligrams sodium
Francis Price writing in the Oregonian’s FOODday, 1/12/93.
Yields
2 Servings