Gracie's Birthday! Close your eyes and make a wish!!!
It is one thing to go out to lunch for your birthday but it is a another thing to have your favorite cake baked by your mother for dessert! This Banana Cake recipe is ancient. My best friend since I was 12, Annie, gave me this recipe and it was HER grandmother's. It is fabulous and Javier's didn't charge me for serving it. Oh, and there is a lot of other dessert served at Javier's, namely EYE CANDY! My niece ordered a dessert and had it served to a table of, shall we say, nicely attired gentlemen that were sitting across the way, with a note that said, "I hope you enjoy the dessert as much as I have enjoyed the view! Honestly!!! These kids!!! Oh, and remember the show, "O.C. Housewives?" They used to hang out here, so I'm told. Enjoy the dessert... whichever you choose!
Banana Nut Cake
2 cups sugar
½ cup butter or margarine
3 egg yolk
3 bananas
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped nuts (I use walnuts)
1 tsp vanilla
3 egg whites
Grease and flour two round cake pans. (I grease them with Pam) Cream sugar and butter, add beaten egg yolks. Mash bananas and add to mixture. Beat all together. Mix flour and baking powder and soda together. Alternately add flour mixture with buttermilk to creamed butter mixture. Add vanilla and nuts. Fold in beaten egg whites. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Buttercream Frosting
1 pound of powdered sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup butter
Mix until smooth and creamy.
Sing Happy Birthday and Make a Wish!!!
4 comments:
Gerry -
This cake would be perfect for Desi; he loves banana anything! I'll give it a try. The party looks like it was fun, too bad I missed it.
Keep cooking,
Mary
Let ME make the cake for Desi!
I made this cake for my girlfriend and she was smitten! thankyou Gerry!
Frankie: I'm so glad your girlfriend enjoyed your culinary expertise!
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