Michaels Favorite Banana Nut Cake Recipes

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
• Separate the eggs and set aside.
• Stir the baking soda into the buttermilk. Cream 1/2 cup of the butter or margarine with the white sugar. Add the egg yolks, and vanilla, beating well. Add flour alternately with the mashed bananas. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff. Stir the pecans into the cake batter then fold in the egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until cakes test done. Let cakes cool in pans.
• To Make Icing: Cream 3 tablespoons butter or margarine with the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the heavy cream until well blended. Spread icing on to cooled cake layers. Top with pecan halves if desired.

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas; beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; add to butter mixture, beating on low speed until just moistened. Stir in pecans.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5- x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour, 5 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Transfer cake to a wire rack; let cool completely, about 1 hour.

QUICK BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; mix in milk, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt together in a bowl; stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined. Fold in bananas and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake into the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

BANANA AND NUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Beat in bananas. Stir in nuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

MICHAEL'S FAVORITE BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans; set pans aside.
• Prepare banana nut cake: In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Add eggs and oil, and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat.
• Stir in bananas, pecans and vanilla.
• Divide batter equally among prepared pans.
• Bake cake 25-28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of layers comes out clean.
• Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• With small metal spatula or knife, loosen layers from sides of pans; invert onto racks to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• While layers are cooling, prepare cream cheese frosting: In medium bowl, with mixer on medium speed, blend together cream cheese and butter.
• Gradually beat in sifted confectioners' sugar, increase speed to medium-high; beat until frosting is light and fluffy, then beat in vanilla.
• Reserve pecans to sprinkle on frosted cake or, if you like, stir into frosting.
• Fill and frost cake, using about 1/2 cup frosting between each layer.

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. In another bowl, combine eggs, bananas, oil, pineapple and vanilla. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in nuts. , Pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with whipped cream and additional bananas.Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled cake in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and crisco.
• Add egg yolks, beat.
• Add rest of ingredients except egg whites.
• Last fold in the beaten egg whites.
• Bake at 350 degrees in your choice of pans, layer or angel food pan.
• Frost as desired (A caramel or peanut butter cream would be good).

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
• Cream sugar and margarine.
• Add bananas and eggs.
• Soak dried raisins in luke warm water to soften for 2 minute.
• Sift cake flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda 3 times.
• Blend flour mixture into banana mixture, do not overmix.
• Add vanilla, cinnamon and raisins.
• Turn batter into greased loaf pans.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
• Take out of oven immediately to cool on wire rack.

MY FAVORITE GLAZED BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, combining well, then add vanilla.
• In seperate bowl, combine all dry ingredients (flour, salt, spices, baking powder, and baking soda).
• Add dry ingredients to creamed butter mixture, alternating with milk and bananas (you can combine milk with mashed bananas to make this step easier).
• Stir in nuts, and pour into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until done (insert toothpick or caseknife into center of cake-if it is clean when removed, cake is done).
• Allow to cool in pan before glazing.
• GLAZE: Cream butter and sugar, then add vanilla and just enough milk to reach spreadable consistency-you may need as much as 4 tablespoons.
• Decorate surface of glazed cake with nuts, if desired.
• This cake refrigerates very well, making it a great"make ahead" dessert.
• For OAMC, freeze slices of unglazed cake-allow cake to thaw before glazing.