Banana
Whipped Cream Cake
source:
recipe and photograph created by www.finedinings.com
recipe adapted from Kienow's Bakery
Makes one sheet cake
18" x 11" cut into two loaf sized three layer cakes
or
Makes a four layer 9" cake
Banana Cake
2 cups cake
flour, sifted
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup corn oil
1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (approx. 2 bananas)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup buttermilk
2 egg yolks
In a large mixing bowl blend together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking
soda, salt, corn oil, mashed bananas, vanilla, buttermilk and egg yolks.
Make meringue
(recipe follows)
to fold into cake batter.
Meringue
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
In a separate bowl beat egg whites and cream of tartar; gradually add
sugar and beat to stiff peaks. Fold meringue into cake batter.
Bake in either a sheet pan or two cake rounds.
Bake cake in a
sheet pan
(this will make
two loaf sized cakes each 3 layers high)
Pour cake
batter into a greased and floured 18" x 11" sheet pan. Bake at
350° for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven to cool on a rack.
Cut the sheet cake in half horizontally to make two sheet cakes 9" x
11". Cut each sheet cake into 3 equal strips
making a total of six pieces 9" by approximately
3-2/3".
Use two plates for each cake, three layers high. Place one cake strip on a
plate, add whipped cream
and sliced bananas (recipe
below). Add a second cake strip top with whipped cream
and sliced bananas. Add the third and final cake strip. Frost
top and sides with whipped cream. Repeat this process with the
second cake. Sprinkle with finely chopped
pecans and serve.
or
Bake cake in two
9" round cake tins
(this will make
a four layer round cake)
Pour cake
batter into two greased and floured 9" round cake pans. Bake
at 325° for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Remove from oven to cool on a rack. Cut each cake in
half horizontally to make a total of four layers.
Place one cake
round on plate, spread with whipped cream (recipe below). Add the second cake
layer, spread with whipped cream then sliced bananas. Add the
third cake layer, spread with whipped cream. Top with the final
cake round. Frost the top and sides with whipped cream; sprinkle
with chopped pecans and serve.
Whipped
Cream Filling
2 cups whipping
cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Whip cream and vanilla to soft peaks with electric mixer gradually adding powdered sugar.
Banana Filling
3 bananas, thinly
sliced
pecans finely chopped for garnish
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