With summer, comes the piles of overripe bananas sitting on the counter that everyone refuses to eat! Today I had ten!!! Ten... Thanks to Vaughn and his over zealous trip to Sam's Club.
Anyway, I didn't want banana bread so I looked for a cake recipe. I found a few that looked good then I decided I was too lazy so I found this one instead! It uses a cake mix. (That's the cheating part.) It is good but what makes it GREAT is that I paired it with a salted caramel frosting recipe. Yum.
By the way, there is no pumpkin in the cake. Sorry. That's just how the rhyme goes, just so you knows.
Banana Cake
Mix together:
one yellow cake mix
3-4 ripe bananas (I used 4 smallish ones)
3 beaten eggs
1 C sour cream
1 tsp baking soda
Spread in greased 9x13 pan. Bake about 30-40 minutes in 350* oven.
Salted Caramel Frosting
Heat in medium sauce pan:
4 T butter
4 T milk
1/2 C brown sugar
Boil for one minute.
Then add:
a heaping 1/4 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp vanilla
Gradually whisk in 1 C powdered sugar.
Add milk if you think it's too thick. Immediately spread over cake. My cake was still slightly warm. I think it would be pretty with a sprinkle of kosher salt on it but my kids wouldn't go for it. The whole thing is quick and easy to make.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater Banana Cake
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2 comments:
YUM! Sounds great! I'm not a fan of banana "flavored" things, like banana LaughyTaffy. But I DO love real banana stuff, like bread and milk shakes. I'll have trie it. The salty frosting is very intriging. I bet it would be yummy on a chocolate type cake too.
Thanks, Steph!
yum! that sounds delicious!
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