This is a banana cake recipe and caramel frosting, with buttermilk or sour milk, chopped walnuts, and mashed bananas.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 small to medium bananas)
* 3 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
* 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
* 2 cups sifted cake flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup soured milk or buttermilk
PREPARATION:
In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Add mashed bananas; beat well with electric mixer 1 minute. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flavorings and chopped walnuts or pecans.
Sift together the sifted cake flour, baking powder, soda and salt; beat into creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer. Pour batter into 2 buttered and floured (or butter and line bottom with waxed paper) 8-inch square cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool thoroughly on racks.
