Recipe for cooking Banana Cream Cake

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Banana Cream Cake

Posted by Marla at recipegoldmine.com 11/18/2001 8:28 am

Cake
2 2/3 c. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 eggs
3/4 c. light brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 c. mashed banana (about 3 med.)
1 c. whipping cream
3/4 c. finely chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Icing
16 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. butter
1 1/2 to 2 c. icing (powdered\) sugar
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.

In large bowl of electric mixer, beat eggs well at medium speed. Gradually add brown sugar and continue to beat until mixture is thick and light. Stir in vanilla and bananas.

In a small bowl, whip the cream.

Beat half of the flour mixture into the eggs. Continue beating at low speed until blended. Add whipped cream and then remaining flour mixture. Fold in pecans.

Divide batter between 2 greased 8-inch round cake pans. Bake for 35 min., until cake tests done. Remove from oven. Cool 10 min. in pans, remove from pans and cool completely.

Cream Cheese Icing: Combine cream cheese and butter in mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Add icing sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract or flavoring.