The Best Banana Cake Ever

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 15
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 509.2
  • Total Fat: 16.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 44.7 mg
  • Sodium: 426.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 84.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
  • Protein: 7.6 g

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Number of Servings: 15

Ingredients

    CAKE:
    Banana, fresh, 1.5 cup, mashed
    Lemon juice, 2 tsp
    Flour, white, 3 cup
    Baking Soda, 1.5 tsp
    Salt, .25 tsp
    Stick Margarine, 3/4 cup, softened
    Granulated Sugar, 2 1/8 cup
    Egg, fresh, 3 large
    Vanilla Extract, 2 tsp
    Buttermilk, lowfat, 1.5 cup

    FROSTING:
    Stick Margarine, 1/2 cup softened
    Cream Cheese, Fat Free, 8 oz
    Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
    Powdered Sugar, 3.5 cup, unsifted
    1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Makes - 15 servings. Preheat oven to 275*.

Grease and flour a 9 X 13 pan
In a small bowl, mix banana and lemon juice, set aside
In a medium bowl, mix flour, soda and salt, set aside
In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and the 2 1/8 cup sugar until fluffy
Beat in eggs one at a time, add vanilla
Beat in 1/3 of flour mixture followed by 1/3 of buttermilk, mix well, repeat until all are added.
Stir in banana mixture

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and place directly into freezer on a towel as pan will be hot, for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.

For frosting, cream softened butter and cream cheese together until smooth
Beat in vanilla.
Add powdered sugar unsing medium speed on mixer until add is added. and then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
Spread on cooled cake.
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts

Number of Servings: 15

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KNTJACKSON.