Saturday, May 23, 2009

Cocoa Banana Cake (A match made in heaven)

Materials:

Cake:
  • 2/3 c. milk
  • 1 Tbsp. white vinegar
  • 3/4 c. butter
  • 1-2/3 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1-1/4 c. pureed banana
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 c. flour
  • 3/4 c. cocoa
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder

Frosting:
  • 1/4 c. butter melted
  • 1/2 c. cocoa
  • 1/4 c. pureed banana
  • 2 Tbs. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 c. icing sugar

Methods:

Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Combine milk and vinegar and set aside
  3. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs.
  4. Add banana and vanilla.
  5. In separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, salt, soda and powder.
  6. Add dry ingredients to creamed milture alternately with sour milk.
  7. Divide batter between two greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
  8. Bake for 40-45min.
  9. Cool 10 min. in pans before turning onto wire racks.
  10. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:
  1. Combine melted butter and cocoa.
  2. Blend in pureed banana, milk, vanilla.
  3. Slowly add icing sugar and mix until smooth.
  4. Frost cooled cake.
  5. Optional: place sliced bananas with icing in between cake layers

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