banana cake
 
 
Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • •1 ½ cups sugar
  • •1 cup sour cream
  • •½ cup butter, softened
  • •2 eggs
  • •1 ¾ cups (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
  • •2 teaspoons vanilla
  • •2 cups flour
  • •1 teaspoon baking soda
  • •¾ teaspoon salt
  • •½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
  • cinnamon for sprinking the top
  • Icing:
  • •½ cup butter
  • •3 cups powdered sugar
  • •1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
  • •about 3 tablespoons milk or half and half
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F, and butter & flour a 10x10 pan. (Other sizes will work too, with adjusted baking time- the thickness will just vary.)
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs. Beat until smooth. Add bananas and vanilla, and beat a minute longer.
  3. In a seperate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and mix unil just combined. Fold in chopped walnuts.
  5. Pour batter into prepared pan, and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick can be inserted and comes clean from the center of the cake.
  6. Prepare frosting by heating the butter on the stove- stirring frequently until the butter is a light, nutty brown. Remove from heat, and stir in powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. The frosting should be fairly thick, and will spread evenly when applied to the warm cake.
  7. Let cool to set frosting, and serve!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2014/08/06/banana-cake/