* Exported from MasterCook *
Banana Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting
Recipe By :Family Circle® All-Time Favorite Recipes
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Banana Christmas
Quick Breads
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter or
margarine -- at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 medium bananas -- mashed
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
peanut butter frosting * -- * recipe below
DECORATIONS:
sliced bananas
lemon juice
chopped pecans
1. Heat oven to 375º. Coat two 9-inch round cake
pans with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottoms
with waxed paper. Coat paper. 2. Sift together
flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt onto
a sheet of waxed paper. 3. Beat butter and sugar
in a large bowl on medium speed until light and
fluffy. Beat in eggs, mashed bananas, and
vanilla; beat 2 minutes. On low speed, beat in
flour mixture alternately with buttermilk,
beating after each addition. Fold in pecans.
Spread batter in prepared pans. 4. Bake in heated
375º oven 25 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cakes in
pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto
racks to cool completely. 5. Remove waxed paper.
Stack layers, spreading Peanut Butter Frosting
between layers and over top and sides of cake. 6.
To decorate, dip banana slices in lemon juice and
place on top of cake. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
* PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING: Beat 4 ounces
room-temperature cream cheese, 1/4 cup (1/2
stick) room-temperature butter and 2 tablespoons
milk in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat
in 1 box (1-pound) confectioners' sugar until
creamy and smooth. Fold in 1/2 cup peanut butter.
Stir in 1 tablespoon vanilla and, if needed, 1
tablespoon milk until smooth. Makes 2 2/3 cups.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 213
Calories; 1g Fat (5.2% calories from fat); 4g
Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 36mg
Cholesterol; 258mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1
Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat
Milk; 0 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
NOTES : From the files of zosha: downloaded from kathys Recipes
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
You can't prevent Trouble from coming to visit,
but you don't have to offer it a chair.
Deirdre Dee (zosha)
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