Anna Banana's Birthday Cake With Chocolate Fudge Icing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup sour cream (preferably astro)
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons cocoa (preferably dutch processed)
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups sifted icing sugar (more if needed)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter a 9-inch springform pan (or heart-shaped pan.) cream 1/2 cup butter until light.
• 3 gradually beat in the granulated sugar.
• 4 add the eggs one at a time and beat after each addition.
• 5 beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla and the mashed bananas.
• 6 sift or mix together the dry ingredients and add to the batter alternately with the sour cream.
• 7 spoon the batter into the prepared pan evenly and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the cake springs back when gently pressed in the centre.
• 8 cool for 10 minutes and invert.
• 9 cool on a wire rack.
• 10 for the icing, melt the chocolate, cocoa, milk and 1/4 cup butter in the top of a double boiler.
• 11 cook until smooth and cool slightly.
• 12 beat in the icing sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 13 place the bowl over a larger bowl of ice and water and stir until the icing is spreadable.
• 14 ice the cake and decorate as you wish.
• 15 the ckfm cookbook.