Moms Tennessee Banana Black Walnut Cake Food

BANANA WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F In a large mixing bowl cream butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Mix mashed bananas and milk together.
• Blend dry ingredients into batter alternating with banana mixture. Stir in chopped nuts.
• Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round or square baking pans.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes, then turn out on racks until thoroughly cool. When ready to serve frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: In mixing bowl, stir cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread mixture between layers and around sides.

TENNESSEE BANANA-BLACK WALNUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease and flour 2(9-inch) cake pans.
• For the cake: In a medium bowl, stir together flour and baking soda; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, cream together shortening and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Mix in mashed bananas, buttermilk,and vanilla; add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Pour into prepared pans, bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
• Cool in pans on a cooling rack, remove from pans and cool completely.
• While cake is baking, prepare frosting.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan.
• Add brown sugar and 1/3 cup cream; cook over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla; transfer to a large bowl.
• Using a hand mixer, beat in confectioners sugar a little at a time until smooth.
• (If frosting is to thick, add 1 tablespoon heavy cream at a time until consistency is right).
• Sandwich 2 layers of cake with frosting; frost outside of the cake.
• Press chopped walnuts on sides of cake, if desired.

BLACK WALNUT BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed cream the butter and shortening with sugar and vanilla until fluffy (about 4-5 minutes, no sugar granules should remain).
• Beat in eggs one at a time until combined, then mix in mashed bananas.
• In a bowl combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with half and half cream.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Pour into prepared tube pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the crown comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

BANANA WALNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 10 inch tube pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess, and set aside.
• Combine walnuts, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Set aside.
• To make banana batter, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on high until light. Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat in sour cream, mashed bananas and vanilla.
• Change mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture just until blended.
• Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Scatter half of the walnut and sugar sprinkle over the batter.
• Thinly slice the third banana over the batter.
• Top with remaining batter and scatter rest of walnut and sugar sprinkle over top.
• Bake about 1 hour and 15 minutes, when skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Carefully loosen the cake from the sides then invert onto wire rack turning right side up.
• Sprinkle with confectioners sugar, if desired.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks all at once.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Set aside 1 cup of the dry ingredients.
• Add the remaning flour mixture and the milk in small portions, alternately, mixing well with each addition, starting and ending with an addition of the dry ingredients.
• Mix together, the reserved flour and the nuts, and stir into the batter,mixing just until blended.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry.
• Fold them into the batter.
• Bake in a 9x5 inch greased and floured loaf pan at 350 about 50-60 minutes, or until done.
• Frost with your favorite icing.