Banana Cake With Most Excellent Caramel Frosting Recipes

MY VERY POPULAR BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Grease a 14cm x 21cm loaf tin.
• Cream butter and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy, preferably with an electric mixer.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time and transfer the mixture into a large bowl. Stir in mashed banana (it's easiest to mash it with a fork).
• Stir in half sifted dry ingredients and half sour cream and milk; stir well.
• Stir in remaining dry ingredients and sour cream; stir until smooth.
• Pour mixture into pan.
• Bake in a moderate over for about 1 hour. Stand for five minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
• Icing:.
• Melt butter and sugar, stir constantly without boiling for two minutes.
• Add sour cream, bring to boil. Remove from heat, stir in sifted icing sugar. Ice immediately as it sets very quickly.

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.

CLASSIC BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour four 9 inch cake pans. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl and whisk together.
• 2. In a separate large mixing bowl combine butter and sugar and beat well. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla. Beat until mixture is light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• 3. Add half the flour and half the sour cream and with mixer on lowest speed beat just until flour and sour cream disappear into the batter. Add the rest of the flour and sour cream and mix in the same way as before. Stir in bananas with a large spatula.
• 4. Divide the batter evenly between the four cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until cakes are golden brown and toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Cool in pans on wire rack for about 10 minutes. Turn out of pan onto wire rack and let cool completely before frosting.
• 5. To make frosting In a medium saucepan combine butter, milk and brown sugar. Over medium low heat bring mixture to a boil stirring occasionally. Continue to gently boil, stirring constantly, until mixture turns a golden amber color. This will take a while, usually about 15 to 20 minutes. Be patient, you can do it. Remove from heat and pour into a large mixing bowl. Let cool completely. When cool add confectioners sugar a little at a time mixing thoroughly until you have incorporated all the confectioners sugar. Mixture should be of frosting consistency.
• 6. Place one layer top side down on a plate and frost top and side. Cover with second layer top side up, frost top and sides. Continue with the other 2 layers in the same way, frosting top and sides between each layer. Place whole pecans around the perimeter on top of cake to make it look pretty and then pour yourself a big glass of milk and a large piece of cake and enjoy.

BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream margarine, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
• Stir in mashed bananas and milk.
• Combine flour, soda and salt.
• Add dry ingredients to banana mixture and blend thoroughly.
• Pour batter into greased and lightly floured 9X13 pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min or until done.
• Cool and top with Penuche Caramel Frosting.
• Penuche Caramel Frosting:.
• Boil butter, brown sugar and milk over medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Cool.
• Beat in powdered sugar until you obtain the desired consistency.
• Pour over cake and spread.