1 1/2 c Sugar
1 Stick margarine
2 Egg yolks
2 c Flour
1/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 c Buttermilk
1 ts Soda
1 c Mashed bananas
1 c Chopped nuts
1 ts Vanilla
2 Egg whites; stiffly beaten
-BUTTER ICING-
1 Stick butter or margarine
1 Box (1-lb) confectioner’s
-sugar
1/3 c Evaporated milk (approx)
Cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks, mixing well. Add 1 cup flour and
baking powder alternately with buttermilk and soda. Add mashed bananas and
vanilla; mix well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Roll nuts in 1 cup of
flour and add to the mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes in two
well greased cake pans. Cool and ice.
To make Butter Icing: Cream butter and sugar; add milk slowly and beat.
Add vanilla and nuts.
From A Taste of Louisiana. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
12 Servings