Banana Cake

So what do you do when you find yourself with ten pounds of ripe bananas on your counter?  Make banana bread of course.

But after a couple of loaves of that and still a lot of ripe bananas I decided I needed to try a banana cake.  My friend Dawn must have been reading my mind because in the email, that day, she sent me photos of a banana cake she had just made.  Along with the photos was the recipe too.  She didn’t just stop there though, she showed up at my door with a piece of that yummy banana cake.  Love you Dawn!

Now if you know me, you know I don’t like bananas.  That is I don’t like the texture of bananas.  But when you mash them up in bread or a cake I love them!  And I loved the cake that Dawn brought over so I got to work to make my own banana cake.

The cake is a great thing to make if you have a lot of bananas.  I think I used 7 ripe bananas!

Not only are there bananas mashed up in the cake batter but each layer of the cake  is filled with bananas pudding and sliced bananas.

Lots of banana goodness in between each layer of cake!  Dawn uses two layers of pudding and one of whip cream, each topped with bananas.  I didn’t read that part (I’m a skimmer) so I used pudding in all three layers.  You choose!

The cake is moist and delicious with all those bananas. For the frosting all I used some sweetened whip cream.  I just slathered the cake in it – yum!!

Dawn put nuts in her cake but I decided just to put them on top for the finishing touch.  I used toasted pecans.

I made this the day I left for Utah.  I was sad to leave it behind.  But of course before I left I had to enjoy one piece!!

You will want to keep this cake in the refrigerator because of the whip cream frosting.  I left a big note on the refrigerator – Eat Cake!  to remind Jim and Tessa it was in there.

Dawn says this is her most requested recipe and she gets a lot of requests for different recipes but she is a great cook so you are definitely want to give this one a try!!

So next time you find yourself with a lot of ripe bananas – think outside the box.  Try Banana Cake!

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Banana Cake

Author Leigh Anne

Ingredients

• 4 very ripe mashed bananas
• 1 box Duncan Hines WHITE cake mix
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup oil
• 3 whole eggs
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder

Filling:

• 1 large box of cooked banana cream pudding not the instant
• Make according to directions on box and cool.
• 3 additional bananas

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients except bananas for 2 minutes, medium speed
• Add bananas and blend well
• Bake in 2 or 3 greased & floured round cake pans, following baking recommendations on box
• I think about 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on racks
• I make the cake the day before
• Whip 1 carton whipping cream, (a pint, I think) sweeten very lightly with powdered sugar
• Throw in a little vanilla for good measure

Filling:

• Split the layers, putting pudding & sliced bananas into 2 layers, and the whipped cream in the others. Frost the whole cake with whip cream & sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.