HOLIDAY INN BANANA CAKE
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 14).
INGREDIENTS:
2 medium bananas, sliced thin
2 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
½ tsp vanilla
3 large eggs (or 4 medium)
1 cup solid Crisco
1½ cups sugar
¼ tsp nutmeg
2½ cups flour
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 3 round 9” layer pans. Dust in flour.
In medium bowl, with mixer on medium [speed], beat bananas, soda and salt until creamy; adding buttermilk, vanilla and 1 of the eggs. Beat 2 minutes. Set aside.
In big mixing bowl, beat Crisco, sugar, nutmeg and other 2 eggs until fluffy; adding banana mixture alternately with flour, beginning and ending with banana [mixture]. Do not under-beat.
Fill 3 prepared layer pans half full of batter. Bake at 350°F 1 hour or until toothpick [inserted] into centers come out clean. Frost as desired. [Thin Vanilla Glaze Icing suggested.]
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