A new cake 1040

On Mon 14 Mar 2005 04:53:44a, Michael wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Michael, here's a recipe I made recently and thought quite nice. It's as simple as the Hershey's recipe. I found it somewhere on the web, but can't recall where.

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Banana Cake With Banana Icing

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- Cake: 2 1-2 Cups flour 1 2-3 Cups sugar 1 1-4 Teaspoons baking powder 2-3 Cup oil 1 1-2 Cups bananas -- mashed 1 1-4 Teaspoons baking soda 1 Teaspoon salt 2-3 Cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract Icing:

1-2 Cup butter -- (1 stick) 1 Pound box confectioners' sugar 1-2 banana (more -- if sm.) 2-3 Cup pecan pieces 1 Teaspoon lemon juice

Mix flour, sugar, soda, baking powder and salt. Beat in buttermilk, oil and eggs 2 minutes. Add bananas and vanilla. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool completely before icing.

Icing: Melt butter, beat in sugar. Mash bananas in lemon juice. Mix banana in butter mixture. Mix well. Fold in nuts. Ice cake.

Yield: "1 Cake" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 422 Calories; 21g Fat (44.1% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 55g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 52mg Cholesterol; 462mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1-2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1-2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 4 Fat; 2 Other Carbohydrates.

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