The Settlement Cookbook Banana Cake
03:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
½ cup butter, softened
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 tablespoons sour cream
1 cup banana pulp, mashed
1 ½ cups pastry (cake) flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Lemon-Butter Frosting or Coffee Frosting (recipes follow)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beaten very
lightly, and the baking soda, dissolved in the sour cream. Beat well;
then add the banana pulp, pastry flour, salt and vanilla. Mix well.
Bake in a well-buttered oblong pan for about 40 minutes. Frost with
Lemon-Butter or Coffee Frosting (recipes follow). Makes 10 servings.
Lemon-Butter Frosting: Cream 2 tablespoons butter and 1 cup powdered
sugar. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice, a little grated rind, and 1
tablespoon milk or water until frosting is of a spreading consistency.
Makes 1 cup.
Coffee Frosting: Cream 2 tablespoons butter and 1 cup powdered sugar.
Stir in 2 tablespoons strong, hot coffee, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1
teaspoon cocoa powder. Add water as needed to make frosting of a
spreading consistency. Makes 1 cup.
Note: This cake is so moist, you can easily serve it without frosting.
PER SERVING (with Lemon-Butter Frosting): Calories 352 (36% fat) Fat
14 g (9 g sat) Cholesterol 75 mg Sodium 284 mg Fiber 1 g Carbohydrates
57 g Protein 3 g
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times-Wa****ngton Post News Service/Adapted from
The Settlement Cookbook
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