Banana Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup ripe banana, mashed (about 2 medium)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• lemon glaze (below)

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream the butter with the sugars until fluffy. add vanilla and eggs. blend in the mashed bananas.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and the spices. blend in to the banana mixture. spread batter into a greased and floured tube or bundt pan (9 or 10 cup capacity).
• 3 bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for one hour, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 4 cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
• 5 when cake has cooled, drizzle with lemon glaze: mix 1 c powdered sugar, 2 tsp softened butter and 1/2 tsp lemon zest. gradually mix in 2 tbsp lemon juice until glaze is smooth and well blended.