Banana Nut Cake With Whipped Cream Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
• 1 banana, sliced (to garnish)
• 2/3 cup finely chopped pecans or 2/3 cup nuts, of choice
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar or 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350*.
• 2 grease and flour oblong pan, 9x13x2 inches, or three 8-inch or two 9-inch round layer pans.
• 3 measure all ingredients except frosting into large mixing bowl.
• 4 blend 1/2 on low speed, scaping bowl constantly.
• 5 beat 3 minutes on high speed scraping bowl occasionally.
• 6 pour batter into pan (s).
• 7 bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, oblong 45 to 50 minutes, layers 35 to 40 minutes.
• 8 cool.
• 9 before serving frost cake with whip cream frosting, and garnish with banana slices.
• 10 whip cream frosting: in a chilled bowl beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream and 3 tsps.
• 11 sugar.
• 12 fold in 1 tsp vanilla.
• 13 yields 2 cups.