| Total: | 15 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Yield: | Two 9-inch layers |
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2 or 3 bananas, mashed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 large package vanilla pudding, not instant
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- For the cake: Mix sugar and shortening until creamy. Add egg yolks and bananas, beat thoroughly. Dissolve soda in sour milk. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Mix alternately. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. Pour into a buttered 9-inch round cake. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
- For the icing: Cream the sugar, shortening and butter until light and fluffy. Cook vanilla pudding with milk until very thick. Cool and add to butter mixture. Mix with electric mixer at high speed for 15 minutes or until it is not grainy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Ice the cake with the icing.
Reviews
love it so much.
I made this last night.
I did not have pudding to make the frosting, and that’s alright. The cake tasted fine. Husband said it was good. One comment on here said that the cake was goopy and had not a good experience with baking it.
I want to inform anyone who bakes this cake. Due to the fact that it calls for beaten egg whites the cake is going to rise perhaps a lot. Me personally I used a fluted cake pan for this recipe. The bake time recommends 40m. I beg to differ I baked my cake for 1h.10m.
So in case anyone wants a better baking experience try the baking time I used for this cake.
I did not have pudding to make the frosting, and that’s alright. The cake tasted fine. Husband said it was good. One comment on here said that the cake was goopy and had not a good experience with baking it.
I want to inform anyone who bakes this cake. Due to the fact that it calls for beaten egg whites the cake is going to rise perhaps a lot. Me personally I used a fluted cake pan for this recipe. The bake time recommends 40m. I beg to differ I baked my cake for 1h.10m.
So in case anyone wants a better baking experience try the baking time I used for this cake.
0ji8
this cake was a pain to make – took a longtime and had to put it back in the oven as it was goopey in the middle. left it in for another 15 minutes and it was still goopey. Should have used 2 pans and put them together instead of pouring into one pan and splitting it. Probably won’t make it again. took all afternoon. Also – not really thrilled about all of the shortening in this recipe.
I made mine using smoked sausage, but it was hard to keep lit.
I was looking for a recipe similar to TooJays banana dream cake when I came across this recipe. Though it doesn’t have the chocolate ontop it’s delicious! I could even put a nice chocolate ganache ontop and it would be perfect. The am a regular baker at my house so this recipe didn’t seem too difficult to me. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good banana cake recipe! Today will be my second time making this delicious treat!
Cake was wonderful, for left alot to be desired. I didn’t like it, felt like a mouth full of bubbles.
The cake is a simple banana cake and my frosting separated. I consider myself to be an advanced baker and I had bananas I needed to use. I had all the ingredients for this so I tried it. It’s good, but nothing great. The frosting tasted great except it separated so was ruined.
This was my first attempt at baking a cake from scratch. My husband had always had banana cake from our local bakery since he was little. So the pressure was on! I did add sliced of banana between the two layers and everyone loved it! Also it makes a lot of frosting so there is plenty for top, middle and sides. Serve with a nice vanilla bean ice cream and get ready for seconds!
Easy to make and I loved the frosting! Very light and fluffy. I lost my husbands favorite banana cake recipe and have not been able to find it again anywhere. He said this is a close 2nd, so until I find his favorite again. I will be making this one!