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Banana Nut Cake<br />
Kendra Kelley – ZL-12<br />
½ stick butter or margarine<br />
1 ½ cups sugar<br />
2 eggs, separated<br />
¼ cup buttermilk<br />
1 teaspoon baking powder<br />
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda<br />
2 cups flour<br />
1 cup mashed bananas<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
½ cup chopped nuts<br />
• Cream butter and sugar and egg yolks.<br />
• Add buttermilk and dry ingredients, then bananas and vanilla.<br />
• Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in last with chopped nuts. (I like<br />
pecans, but walnuts may be used.).<br />
• Bake at 350* about 30-40 minutes in 13x9x2 inch pan.<br />
• Poke holes in cake with handle of wooden spoon. Icing should be spread<br />
on cake while still warm.<br />
Icing:<br />
1 banana<br />
1/2 stick butter<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar<br />
• Mash banana with a little lemon juice.<br />
• Melt butter and add vanilla.<br />
• Add powdered sugar, mix and spread over cake.<br />
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