Restaurant Recipes
U Drop Inn Banana Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 3/4 tablespoon baking soda
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mashed banana
Caramel Icing
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
Cake
- Cream together the butter and sugar for cake batter until light and fluffy. Beat eggs lightly and add to creamed mixture, blending well.
- Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk and vanilla extract, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in bananas and stir to blend. Pour batter into 2 greased 8 inch cake pans or a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F oven. Frost with Caramel Icing.
Caramel Icing
- Melt butter in saucepan and add brown sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Add milk and allow to come to a boil. Immediately remove from heat and allow to cool before adding vanilla extract, confectioners' sugar and salt. Beat well and frost cake.