A famcy banana layer cake. You can decorate the cake with pecans if you like.
Banana Cream Cake
Banana layer cake with cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup mashed banana about 3 medium
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Cream Cheese Icing:
- 2 packages 8 oz. each cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups icing confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
- In large bowl of electric mixer, beat eggs well at medium speed. Gradually add brown sugar and continue to beat until mixture is thick and light. Stir in vanilla and bananas.
- In a small bowl, whip the cream.
- Beat half of the flour mixture into the eggs. Continue beating at low speed until blended. Add whipped cream and then remaining flour mixture. Fold in pecans.
- Divide batter between 2 greased 8 inch round cake pans. Bake for 35 minutes, until cake tests done. Remove from oven. Cool 10 minutes in pans, remove from pans and cool completely.
Cream Cheese Icing:
- Combine cream cheese and butter in mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Add icing sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
- Fill and frost cake.
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