Banana Spice Cake With Seafoam Frosting

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1 1/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 medium)
• 2 eggs, unbeaten
• 2 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 5 tablespoons water
• 1 dash salt
• 2 (1 ounce) squares sweet baking chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large banana, sliced

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 sift dry ingredients into large mixer bowl.
• 3 add shortening, buttermilk, and mashed bananas.
• 4 mix until all flour is dampened.
• 5 beat at low speed for 2 minutes.
• 6 add eggs.
• 7 beat 1 minute.
• 8 turn batter into 3 (8") or 2 (9") greased and floured layer cake pans.
• 9 bake in a moderate oven at 350 for 30-35 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched with finger tip.
• 10 for frosting:.
• 11 combine frosting ingredients in top of double boiler.
• 12 beat slightly to mix.
• 13 place over rapidly boiling water.
• 14 beat with rotary egg beater or electric mixer at high speed until frosting stands in peaks, about 7 minutes.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 add 1 t vanilla.
• 17 beat 1 to 2 minutes or until thick enough to spread.
• 18 spread frosting between cake layers.
• 19 put layers together.
• 20 frost cake.
• 21 for swirls, melt chocolate and butter.
• 22 make swirls by spooning melted chocolate and butter into frosting swirls.
• 23 spoon melted chocolate into swirls.
• 24 top with banana slices.