Banana cake
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 40
  • Servings: 16
  • Preparation Time: 20
  • 2 1/2 c cake flour
  • 1 3/4 c sugar
  • 2 1/4 t baking powder
  • 3/4 t baking soda
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter
  • 1 1/4 c smashed banana
  • 2/3 c buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
DIRECTIONS
  1. Mix together the butter and bananas
  2. Add the buttermilk and eggs
  3. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
  4. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients into the batter
  5. Pour into a 9x12 baking pan
  6. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a cherished family recipe from my Auntie Sylvia who was an amazing baker and that we lost very suddenly from a brain tumor about 20 years ago. It is very light and moist - the riper the banana the better!