Banana Split Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 medium banana, mashed (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup powdered cocoa mix
• 4 cups strawberries (unsweetened, fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 drops red food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 grease and lightly flour 10-inch fluted tube pan.
• 3 stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• 4 in a separate mixer bowl beat buter or margarine on medium speed about 30 seconds. add sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beating 1 minute after each.
• 6 in a separate bowl, combine mashed banana, sour cream, and milk.
• 7 add dry ingredients and banana mixture to sugar/butter mixture alternately, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined.
• 8 spoon 1 cup of the batter into a separate bowl and mix in cocoa powder.
• 9 spoon the banana batter into prepared cake pan. spoon cocoa batter on top in a ring, do not spread to edges.
• 10 bske in a 350 degrees oven for 60 to 70 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 11 place cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes. remove from pan. serve with strawberry sauce.
• 12 strawberry sauce.
• 13 thaw strawberries, if frozen, drain.
• 14 in a saucepan, crust 1 cup of he strawberries, add water.
• 15 cook for 2 minutes; sieve.
• 16 combine sugar and cornstarch; stir into sieved mixture.
• 17 cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. cook 1 to 2 minutes more.
• 18 add food coloring if desired.
• 19 halve remaining large berries. stir all remaining berries into sauce.
• 20 chill.