Copycat Sara Lee Banana Cake Food

BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the banana cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Add the bananas to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Let the mixer do the work of mashing for you. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until well combined. Mix in the yogurt and vanilla. Turn the mixer to low and add the dry ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Using the electric mixer on high speed, blend the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. With the mixer on low, add the confectioners' sugar and then the vanilla.
• Spread the frosting on top of the cake. Decorate around the perimeter of the cake with raspberries, if desired.

SARA LEE CRUMB CAKE - COPYCAT

Steps:

• Mix sifted flour, sugar and margarine until crumbly.
• Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture.
• To the remaining crumb mixture add remaining ingredients as given above.
• Beat well with mixer on low speed.
• Spread evenly in a greased 8" square pan.
• unrinkle reserved crumbs over top and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown and a inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Dust warm cake with powdered sugar before cutting.

SARA LEE BUTTER COFFEE CAKE - COPYCAT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Butter a 9 x 13 baking pan.
• Beat cake mix, pudding, water, eggs, and oil for 8 minutes at medium speed.
• Add butter extract and vanilla.
• Pour 1/2 of mixture in buttered 9 x 13 pan.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle 1/2 mixture over batter. Spread rest of batter and rest of sugar mixture on top.
• Swirl knife through. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Drizzle with the following: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 Tbsp hot milk 1/2 tsp butter extract 1/4 tsp vanilla.

"SARA LEE" POUND CAKE - COPYCAT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325º.
• Spray 8-1/2" Pyrex loaf dish with Pam. Cream butter with sugar on high speed of mixer for 5 minutes.
• Add 1 egg and then a little flour, beating 2 minutes.
• Add 2nd egg and half of remaining flour and beat 2 minutes.
• Add sour cream, rest of flour and extracts, beating 2 minutes.
• Spread batter evenly in dish.
• Bake for 65 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Remove from dish. Slice 1/2" thick.
• Be sure to slice before freezing loaf.
• Thaw to use within 6 months.