Banana Cake With Buttercream Frosting Recipes

BANANA CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. BANANA CAKE: Sift the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• 2. Cream the shortening; gradually add sugar and continue creaming. Add beaten eggs and bananas and mix well.
• 3. Add the flour mixture alternately with the combined buttermilk and vanilla, beginning and ending with the flour.
• 4. Pour into two 9 inch layer pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 375 for 25 to 30 minutes.
• 5. BUTTERCREAM FROSTING: Heat milk until very hot but not boiling.
• 6. Cream the butter and shortening until fluffy. Gradually add cornstarch and sugar. Beat well after each addition, then add vanilla.
• 7. Add hot milk to sugar mixture a little at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition until all the sugar dissolves and it is thick enough to spread. It's very important to add the milk a little at a time or it will cause the frosting to curdle.

BANANA BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Cream together butter, banana, lemon juice and vanilla. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, adding more if needed to make a nice fluffy, spreadable icing. Makes about 2 1/3 cups.

LISA'S BANANA BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat mashed banana, lemon juice, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Beat in softened butter until creamy, about 1 minute. Slowly beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth.

EILEEN'S BIRTHDAY BANANA CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour two 8-or 9-inch round cake pans, and line the bottoms with parchment.
• Cream the butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed. Gradually add the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating until pale & fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl,sift the flour with the baking powder,soda & salt.
• In a another small bowl, combine mashed bananas & buttermilk.
• To the creamed mixture add in the following order, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended: A third of the flour mixture,half the banana mixture,half the remaining flour mixture,the remaining banana mixture,then the remaining flour mixture.
• Spoon batter into pans. Bake 25-30 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes before inverting onto wire racks. Cool before frosting.