Blue Ribbon Banana Cake Recipe #101868
This won 1st place in the cakes division at the Mayfest festival. I've made it a couple of times and it is soooo good!! If you let the cake set with the frosting on it for a little while the frosting gets hard and crunchy, i love it that way!!
by Courtly
45 min | 15 min prep
SERVES 12
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (any kind you want)
Creamy Nut Icing
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup light cream
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- Beat eggs, add sugar, butter, bananas, buttermilk, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, nuts, coconut and flour.
- Mix all together and bake in two 9 x 9 inch round pans at 350 for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven.
- Let stand 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
- Cool.
- For Icing:.
- Mix together all ingredients and cook until thickened.
- Pour on cake while frosting is still warm.
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