Banana Cake Light Texture And Moist Food

LIGHT AS AIR BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350* Grease and flour two 9" layer cake pans or 10" tube pan.
• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add yolks and beat.
• Add mashed bananas and pecans.
• Sift together flour and salt.
• Combine with creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• Fold in beaten whites.
• Add soda dissolved in water and then vanilla.
• Bake for 25 to 30 min.
• Cool and frost with Pecan Frosting or frosting of your choice.

MOIST BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a small bowl, mix mashed bananas with lemon juice, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Stir in banana mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• For the frosting: In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Add confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high until frosting is smooth.
• Spread on cooled cake.
• You can add walnuts or pecans to the cake or sprinkle them on top of the frosting.

BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• For Cake.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13x9 inch pan.
• Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Set two large spoonfuls of sugar aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, beat until light in texture, then add the mashed banana, oil and buttermilk, mix well.
• Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and beat until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with the two spoonfuls of sugar until they are stiff but moist.
• Plop the beaten whites on top of the batter and fold in until blended.
• Spread evenly in the prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes,or until a cake tester(I use wooden kabob skewers -- LOL) inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan and frost with the following cream cheese icing.
• Cream Cheese Icing.
• Combine the cream cheese, butter, confectioner's sugar and lemon juice in a mixing bowl or the bowl of a food processor.
• Beat well or process until smooth and spreadable.
• Makes 3 cups of icing.