Banana Nut Cake

Whenever, I have soft bananas and sour milk, this cake is a good way to use them.

In one bowl put:

2 ½ cups cake flour ( I always used regular flour.)

1 2/3 cup sugar

1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder

1 ¼ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

Add:

2/3 cup shortening

½ of I cup buttermilk or sour milk

¾ c mashed bananas (3)

Beat the above ingredients until smooth and add:

2 eggs

Remaining ½ cup buttermilk or sour milk

Fold in 2/3 cup of chopped nuts

This cake may be baked in 2 greased and lined 9 inch layers at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes or it may be baked in a greased and lined 13 by 9 inch oblong pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Be sure to test the center to be sure it has baked enough.

¼ cup shortening

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 cups confectioners sugar

1/3 cup mashed banana

Mix the ingredients together until it is a spreadable consistency. Add more sugar to thicken and more banana to thin.

I don’t usually frost the oblong cake. I just cut it into slices or squares. If you are putting it on individual serving plates, you could put a dollop of cream and a strawberry to garnish it.