My Grannys Banana Cake Recipes

GRANDMA RILEY'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and shortening together; add eggs and vanilla. Mix in buttermilk and mashed bananas., In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder and salt; add to banana mixture and mix until ingredients are combined. Spoon into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan or two 9-in. round cake pans., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake for 30 minutes before frosting. , For frosting, mix butter, powdered sugar and milk until smooth; add vanilla and salt. If frosting is too thick, add more milk 1 tsp. at a time until reaching desired consistency. Spread on warm banana cake.

OLD-FASHIONED BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the bananas, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts, if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely.
• Spread the frosting thickly on the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves, if using.
• Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.

GRANNY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and white sugar. Stir in eggs, applesauce, bananas and vanilla extract. Fold in raisins and nuts if desired. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, until a knife inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

GRANDMA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Blend this mixture into the egg mixture, alternately with the buttermilk; stir just to combine. Fold in the mashed bananas; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes our clean, about 60 minutes.

MY GRANNY'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE.
• in large bowl, cream sugar, shortening and eggs until light and fluffy.
• stir in remaining ingredients as listed.
• pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• bake 15 minuted at 400, then 20 minutes at 350.
• cake will remain moist.
• while cake is cooking, blend all ingredients for icing (except vanilla) in small saucepan.
• ICING.
• bring all ingredients to a boil, stirring constantly.
• when mixture reaches full rolling boil, boil for one minute.
• let cool.
• add vanilla.
• beat and spread on warm cake.

GRANDMA SOLBERG'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift all dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg).
• Cream the butter and vanilla in a large bowl, gradually adding sugar.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in dry ingredients.
• Add bananas and butttermilk.
• Bake in 9x9 pan for 35 - 45 minutes.