Yummy Banana Cake Roll Food

AMERICANA BANANA ROLL

Steps:

• Position rack in lower third of oven; preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using a paper towel, lightly grease a small area in the center of a 12 x 15 1/2 x 1/2-inch baking sheet with solid shortening, and line the pan with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang at each short end (the dab of shortening holds the foil in place). Lightly grease the foil with shortening, and sprinkle with allpurpose flour. Shake the pan to distribute flour, and tap out excess.
• Pour the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in that order into the triple sifter or sieve. Sift onto a sheet of waxed paper to distribute the ingredients; set aside. Crack the egg into a small bowl, and whisk briefly just to combine the yolk and white. Combine the mashed banana, sour cream, and lemon zest in a small bowl; set aside.
• Place the butter in the bowl of a heavyduty mixer. With the flat beater (paddle), cream the butter on medium speed (#5) for 30 to 45 seconds, or until it is smooth and lighter in color. (This is a small amount in a large bowl, but you can adjust most heavyduty machines so the attachment reaches lower in the bowl.) Maintaining the same speed, add the sugar in a steady stream. Then stop the mixer, and scrape the mixture slinging to the sides into the center of the bowl. Continue to cream at the same speed until the mixture is light in color and fluffy in appearance (about 3 to 4 minutes).
• With the mixer still on medium speed, pour in the egg, very cautiously at first, as if you were adding oil when making mayonnaise. Continue to cream for 1 to 2 more minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl at least once. When the mixture is quite fluffy and has increased in volume, detach the beater and bowl. Tap the beater against the edge of the bowl to free the excess.
• With the aid of a metal spatula, lift half the flour mixture, and sprinkle it over the creamed mixture. Stir it in with a rubber spatula. Then add the mashed banana mixture, stirring to blend. Scrape the sides of the bowl with each addition. Add the remaining flour mixture, and stir until smooth.
• Scoop the thick batter onto five different areas over twothirds of the prepared baking sheet. With a metal spatula, spread and coax the batter to cover the twothirds of the sheet. Now extend it to the rest of the sheet in as even a layer as possible. (At first you will not believe it will cover the entire sheet, but it will. You do not have to rush. The layer will be very thin, but that is just the way it should be. It will increase in volume in the oven.) Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cake is light golden brown, the sides are beginning to contract from the metal, and the cake springs back when lightly touched in the center. Remove the pan from the oven. Using a thinbladed knife, gently release any portion of the cake sticking to the long sides of the pan. Pull up on the foil overhangs, one at a time, to release foil from the pan's edges. Finally, loosen foil from the bottom of the pan by gently lifting up on the flaps, and transfer it to a large rack to cool.
• Place a sheet of foil over the cake, and manipulate the foil in a tent fashion (this holds in the moisture as it cools, but prevents sticking to the cake). Cool for 30 minutes.
• Combine the filling ingredients in a 1 1/2 quart deep mixing bowl, and whip them until some cream dropped from the beater or whisk does not disappear on the surface of the mixture in the bowl. Another test is to draw the beater or whisk through the center of the cream in the bowl; if the track stays in place, you are ready to spread the filling on the cake. The cream will appear soft, shiny, and smooth but stiffer than for most desserts. It will coat the cake layer, sticking to it and staying in place when rolled.
• Assembling The Dessert:
• Lift the cake on its sheet of foil so that one of its long sides is parallel to the edge of your counter. (The cake will be rolled lengthwise.) Spread the cream evenly over the cake with a rubber spatula, up to 1 inch before reaching the long end farthest from you. (Some of the filling will move to that end as you roll.)
• Begin rolling by flipping the edge of the cake nearest you over onto itself. Then, with the aid of the foil that extends on either side of the cake, roll the cake lengthwise until you reach the other end. With you hands, wrap some of the roil around the roll to assist you in rounding the shape as you work toward the other end of the cake (otherwise, the cake will stick to your hands).
• Cut each end of the roll on the diagonal for eye appeal, and sprinkle a light coating of powdered sugar over it to disguise any cracks in the cake. Lift it onto a serving plate with the aid of a long, wide spatula or a baking sheet without sides. If desired, decorate top of roll with Glazed Raspberries.
• To decorate the top of the roll, place the raspberries into a 3 quart bowl. Heat currant jelly just until it's almost melted, but not hot. Pour the jelly through a strainer over the berries (push it through the strainer with a rubber spatula.) Gently slide the rubber spatula under the berries, and fold the two together. Repeat this three more times. The object is to coat the berries evenly. Carefully scoop the raspberries on top of the cake, down the length of the roll.
• Yield: 12 servings

BANANA ROLL (YUM)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a 10x15 jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Spray well with vegetable oil.
• Mash the 3 bananas well. I use a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse it until it's fully mashed.
• In a medium sized bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until well blended. Add the bananas, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
• Pour into the prepared jelly roll pan.
• Spread evenly making sure the corners are filled evenly as well.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• On a clean towel sprinkled heavily with confectioners sugar turn out the baked roll. Starting from the small end roll up using the towel as you go.
• Let cool completely.
• While cooling prepare the filling. In a good sized bowl, beat the room temperature butter and cream cheese. Add the confectioners sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
• Unroll the cooled roll; fill evenly the re-roll. Sift confectioners sugar on top.

CARAMEL BANANA CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1" jelly roll pan coated with nonstick spray with wax paper and coat the paper with nonstick spray; set aside.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• In a large mixing bowl,beat eggs for 5 minutes; add 1/2 cup sugar, banana, vanilla and lemon peel.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, a tablespoon at a time on high until stiff peaks form.
• Add flour mixture to banana mixture, mix gently until combined. Fold in egg white mixture.
• Spread into prepared pan. Bake at 375* for 10-12 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off wax paper.
• Roll up cake in towel jelly roll style, starting with a short side. Cool completely ona wire rack.
• For filling, in a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and brown sugar till smooth and sugar is dissolved. Beat in vanilla; fold in whipped topping.
• Unroll cake, spread filling over cake to within 1/2" of edge.
• Roll up again, place seam side down on serving platter.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
• Before serving, lightly sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, then drizzle with ice cream topping.

BANANA & WALNUT ROLL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350oF, grease and line a 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan with butter and baking paper.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the eggs together with the whisk attachment. Gradually stream in the sugar whilst still whisking. Keep whisking until you get a thick, pale foam. Add the mashed banana and mix in briefly.
• Add the flour, baking powder and salt then use a rubber spatula to gently fold together until combined.
• Pour into the prepared pan and gently spread out into an even layer. Sprinkle with the chopped walnuts and bake for 10-15 minutes until dark and the cake springs back when gently poked.
• Remove from the oven, flip out onto a clean tea towel dusted with powdered sugar. Starting at the short side, roll the cake up tightly into a log and leave to cool.
• Filling:.
• Beat the powdered sugar and butter together until smooth. Stir in the cream cheese and vanilla extract.
• Fill the cake:.
• Gently unroll the cooled cake. Peel off the baking paper and cover with the filling. Re-roll into a log and serve immediately. Keep leftovers covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.

BANANA ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix splenda, cream cheese, bananas and vanilla in a bowl using a hand mixer.
• Mix until creamy.
• Place crescent rolls on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Spread about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each crescent roll and roll into crescent shape.
• Bake in preheated oven 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.