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Banana Cake

Posted by on 25 October 2010 No comments

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Cake:

  • 1 1/2 c ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 3 c flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 c butter softened
  • 2 1/8 c sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 c buttermilk

Frosting:

  • 1/2 c butter, softened
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 c powdered sugar

Garnish:

  • chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 275. Grease and flour a 9×13 pan. In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.

For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1 tsp vanilla. Add the powdered sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. Spread on cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped walnuts is desired.

Banana Pudding

Posted by on 31 January 2009 No comments

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  • 2-3.7 oz boxes of instant Banana pudding mix
  • 4 cups Milk
  • Vanilla wafer cookies
  • 3-5 Bananas

Make up the pudding and chill until set (usually about 10 minutes).

Lay banana slices along the bottom of the dish, you are using. Place a layer of vanilla wafer cookies on top of the banana layer, then cover with a layer of banana pudding. Continue layering the bananas, cookies and pudding until you run out of bananas or pudding or you reach the top of the dish. 😉 Chill until ready to serve.

This recipe is best made just an hour or so before you intend to use it. Making it the night before is not recommended because the cookies get really soggy and the bananas turn brown.

Banana Bread

Posted by on 23 January 2009 No comments

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  • 1 1/2 c Flour
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 c Sugar
  • 1/3 c Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 c Bananas (mashed)
  • 3/4 tsp Lemon Peels (grated)-optional
  • 1/2 c Nuts-optional

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.

In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a larger mixing bowl at medium speed, beat sugar, oil, and eggs until well blended. Beat in bananas and lemon rind. At low speed, beat in flour mixture just until blended. By hand, stir in nuts. Spoon batter into loaf pan.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

Banana Pancakes

Posted by on 23 January 2009 No comments

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  • 1 c All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 c Milk
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 2 ripe Bananas (mashed)
  • 1/2 c Finely chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil, and bananas. Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture (batter will be slightly lumpy).

Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Pour or scoop about 1/4 c mixture per pancake onto the griddle and cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides. Serve hot.

These pancakes were so good that we found you don’t need syrup or anything on them. Yum.