Banana Nut Frosting Recipes

BANANA NUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Butter and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the eggs and oil and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat. Stir in the banana, 1 cup pecans and 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake layers in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn them out onto a rack to cool completely. While the cake cools, make the frosting.
• In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans, or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake. Fill and frost the cake when it is completely cool.
• This makes enough for a naked cake. To make enough to frost the entire cake, multiply ingredients by 1.5.

BANANA-NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix in pecans. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.
• Beat 1 cup sugar and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in banana, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add sour cream and mix until just blended. Add flour mixture and beat until blended.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar-nut mixture into the prepared cake pan. Top with 1/2 of the cake batter. Follow with remaining nut mixture and cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract; mix in powdered sugar gradually. Top the cooled cake with the frosting.

BANANA NUT CAKE W/ BANANA NUT FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and mashed bananas. In separate bowl, pour boiling water over pecans and set aside. Add lemon juice to banana mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together and add to batter alternately with butter milk and soda mixture. Add pecans.
• 2. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff peaks form. Fold in egg whites.
• 3. Bake in two 9 inch layer cake pans at 300 for 35, until golden brown and done in center. Remove from oven and cool completely before spreading with fill/frosting.
• 4. Filling/Frosting-Mix butter and sugar until creamy. Add bananas, nuts and juice( may need additional confectioners sugar if you like thicker frosting). Spread between layers and on sides and top of cake.

BANANA-NUT CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 1 (13x9-inch) pan or 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake 13x9-inch pan 45 to 50 minutes, round cake pans 35 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool round cakes 10 minutes before removing from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat peanut butter and powdered sugar with spoon or electric mixer on low speed until blended. Add vanilla and 1/4 cup milk; beat until smooth and spreadable. If necessary, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. Frost 13x9-inch cake, or fill and frost round cake layers with frosting.

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.

BANANA NUT CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Grease and flour oblong pan, 9x13x2 inches, or three 8-inch or two 9-inch round layer pans.
• Measure all ingredients except frosting into large mixing bowl.
• Blend 1/2 on low speed, scaping bowl constantly.
• Beat 3 minutes on high speed scraping bowl occasionally.
• Pour batter into pan (s).
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, oblong 45 to 50 minutes, layers 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool.
• Before serving frost cake with whip cream frosting, and garnish with banana slices.
• WHIP CREAM FROSTING: In a chilled bowl beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream and 3 tsps.
• sugar.
• Fold in 1 tsp vanilla.
• Yields 2 cups.

BANANA NUT BARS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from the heat; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the sugars, bananas, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla until blended. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to sugar mixture. Beat in butter mixture until blended. Stir in nuts., Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over bars. Store in the refrigerator.

BANANA BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Mix together bananas and lemon juice.
• Beat butter in mixing bowl until creamy.
• Add sugar and bananas alternately, a small amount at a time.
• Beat until frosting is light and fluffy.

AMISH BANANA NUT CAKE WITH PENUCHE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the cake, cream the shortening and sugar together until fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beat after each.
• Blend dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk; stir in bananas and walnuts.
• Bake at 350°F in two greased 9 inch cake pans for 35 or 40 minutes.
• Wait 10 minutes to remove from pan.
• Let cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting, melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the brown sugar and bring to boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer 2 minutes, stirring; add the milk and bring back to boil, stirring.
• Pour into a mixing bowl and add the salt and vanilla; gradually beat in the powdered sugar until spreading consistency.
• Frost the cake between the layers, top, then sides.

BANANA NUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Combine bananas and lemon juice; set mixture aside.
• Cream softened butter at medium speed of an electric mixer; add powdered sugar and milk, mixing well.
• Add banana mixture, beating until fluffy.
• Stir in toasted coconut and chopped pecans.