When I go to the grocery store, the aroma from bananas gets me every time. So I pick up a bunch of them and get them home. Then forget about them or only eat a few off the bunch. Then I have these random bruised bananas just hanging out. Usually, I will make some banana bread with them, but on the occasion I will make banana cake. My mom always made this growing up. Sometimes I would purposely not eat the bananas just so that we could indulge in this sweet treat! However, we never iced them, but on this occasion, I did. Since my fluke last week landed me with so much icing, I saved it, and used it to top off these little beauties. Yes, it literally was the icing on the cake! First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and then cream the eggs sugar and shortening together until it is light and fluffy. Then mix in the mashed bananas and vanilla. You will then alternate the buttermilk and dry ingredients, and mix after each drop. I never buy buttermilk because I use it one time and then I waste it. So what I do, is just put in a little bit of vinegar into the milk that you have in your fridge, and it works just as well. This is where you would add in the nuts. I forgot them when I was at the store, but my icing that I used has plenty of them in there, so it evens out right? After it is all mixed nicely.... Grease and lightly flour a 9x13 pan or any other pan of your choosing. Just a forewarning, different sizes pans will alter the cook times obviously. Pour your batter into your pan, and I baked these mini bundts for 30 minutes. Let the cake sit in the pan for about 5 minutes, and then dump them over onto a cooling pan until completely cool. You can add icing to them or leave them as is. Trust me they will be eaten either way! Banana Cake Ingredients: 3/4 c. shortening 2c. Sugar 2 eggs 3 bananas 1 tsp. vanilla 2 c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 c. buttermilk 1/2 c. nuts ( any of your choosing, I like pecans) Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 13x9 baking pan. 2.Cream sugar, shortening, and eggs 3. Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla 4. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Mix well and add nuts. 5. Bake 40 to 45 minutes No one was hurt during the making of this cake. The bananas however, have seen better days. Enjoy!!
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Mom
12/9/2017 11:59:16 am
Love you Miranda ❤️❤️❤️you never seem to have a dull moment in your day. Love you and hope I get to enjoy one of your little bundt cakes. Love Mom
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