Banana Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/8 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups icing sugar
• chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 270°.
• 2 grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside.
• 4 in a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• 6 beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.
• 7 beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• 8 stir in banana mixture.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. this will make the cake very moist.
• 11 for the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• 12 beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 13 add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
• 14 spread on cooled cake.
• 15 sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.