Marvelous Banana Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

MARVELOUS BANANA CAKE

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : American S_Living
Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup Butter or margarine -- softene
3 cups Sugar
2 cups Mashed bananas
4 Eggs -- beaten
3 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking soda
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 tablespoons Bourbon or orange juice
1 cup Chopped pecans
Banana-nut frosting--see re
Banana-nut frosting

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Add bananas; mix until smooth. Stir in eggs.Combine
flour and soda. Add to banana mixture alternately with buttermilk,
beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir
in vanilla, bourbon, and pecans.Pour batter into 3 greased and floured
9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or
until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10
minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Banana-Nut Frosting between layers and on top of cake.
Yield: one 3-layer cake.Banana Cupcakes: Spoon batter into paper-lined
muffin pans, filling each cup two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for
20 minutes.
Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks. Frost with Banana-Nut
Frosting. Yield: 4 dozen.

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