Low Fat Tropical Banana Cake Food

LOW FAT BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, soda and salt.
• Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, and bananas.
• Stir in sifted ingredients alternately with sour cream.
• Pour into greased and floured 8x8x2" pan.
• Cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Frost when cool with butter frosting flavored with fresh lemon juice.

LOW FAT BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mash bananas and mix wet ingredients in a seperate bowl.
• Combine wet and dry until dry ingredients are just wet and mixed. Don't overmix.
• Bake at 350 in a 9 x 13 nonstick pan sprayed with Pam for 15 minutes.

LOW-FAT TROPICAL BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a loaf pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
• In a separate bowl, mix the egg, banana/citrus juice mixture, unsweetened apple sauce and nuts or chocolate chips (if desired) until well mixed, but not completely smooth.
• Mix the wet ingredients into the dry mixture until batter is smooth and pourable.
• The mixture should never be completely smooth because of the banana chunks and nuts or chocolate chips (if desired).
• Pour the mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 40 minutes.
• While baking the cake, mix the confectioners sugar and citrus juice in a small sauce pan over med-high heat, until the sugar carmelizes and becomes smooth.
• Once smooth, reduce heat to medium and wait until cake is done.
• Once cake is baked, allow to cool for 5-10 minutes and pour the carmelized sugar/citrus juice frosting over the cake.
• Quickly sprinkle with coconut shavings, as frosting will become hardened once cooled.
• Serve and be happy.

KITTENCAL'S BANANA CINNAMON SNACK CAKE OR MUFFINS (LOW-FAT)

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 8 or 9-inch square baking pan or line muffin tins with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• In a small bowl, whisk together yogurt, banana, oil, egg and vanilla.
• Pour over dry ingredients, and gently stir with a spatula until JUST blended (do not over mix).
• Spread the batter into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the top of the cake is light brown, and edges begin to pull away from sides of the pan (bake slightly less time for muffins).
• Cool cake in pan on rack for 10 minutes.
• Loosen sides of cake with a dinner knife or a spatula.
• Invert cake right side up and cool completely.
• Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar.

LOW FAT BANANA PEACH SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Mix first six ingredients together, then add the last three. Mix Well.
• Pour the batter into a greased 8X8 pan and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Check after 20 minutes. The top will be a lovely golden brown colour.
• For a bit of fun, add some chocolate chips!

LOW FAT BANANA WACKY CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together dry ingredients.
• Make three wells in mix.
• put banana and oil in one well, vinegar in another and vanilla in the third.
• Pour water over top.
• Stir.
• Pour into 8x8 pan.
• Bake at 375 for around 30 min until springs back when touched or comes out clean when poked w/fork.

LOWER FAT EASY BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9"-X-13" baking pan with cooking spray.
• Stir the lemon juice into the milk. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter with the white sugar.
• Stir in the sour cream (or applesauce), Splenda & egg substitute. Add the bananas and vanilla & butter flavoring.
• Sift the flours, salt, baking powder & soda together. Add them to the banana mixture.
• Add the milk to the banana mixture, stirring just until moistened.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan & bake for 50-60 minutes or until lightly browned & firm in the center.

TROPICAL BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients for the cake in a large bowl.
• Add the banana, buttermilk and shortening, mix on medium with an electric mixer.
• Add the eggs and vanilla, mix until well incorporated.
• Pour batter into 1 9x13" pan which has been greased and floured, or 2 8" pans that have been greased and floured.
• Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove cakes from oven and cool.
• For 8" layers, cool 10 minutes in the pans, turn out onto racks and cool completely.
• Frosting----------.
• Mix the brown sugar with the butter until combined.
• Add milk and mix until combine.
• Add pecans and coconut.
• For a 9x13 cake-------.
• Cover the cake with the frosting mixture and put under a broiler for 3-4 minutes.
• For the layer cake: Put the layers on a cookie sheet and spread each one with half of the frosting.
• Broil for 3-4 minutes.
• Let cool completely before assembling the cake.
• This makes a very good, rustic looking layer cake.