Banana Cake With Banana-butter Frosting

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening (i like crisco)
• 2 very ripe bananas
• 1 cup buttermilk (or use 1 cup milk with 1 t vinegar mixed in and let set for 15 minutes before adding to recipe)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a 9 1/2-inch by 11-inch cake pan.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 3 in large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, shortening.
• 4 in separate bowl, mash to really ripe bananas and then add to the egg, sugar and shortening mixture.
• 5 combine the flour with the baking powder.
• 6 alternately add the buttermilk and flour in with the egg, sugar and shortening mixture; beat until well-blended.
• 7 pour batter into greased and floured cake pan.
• 8 bake for 30-35 minutes or until tested done with a toothpick in the center.
• 9 to prepare the frosting: mix together the banana and lemon juice.
• 10 beat butter until creamy.
• 11 add sugar and banana alternately, a small amount at a time, to the butter.
• 12 beat until frosting is light and fluffy.
• 13 spread over cooled banana cake.