Banana Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 for cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 grease a 13x9 inch pan.
• 4 stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 5 set two large spoonfuls of sugar aside.
• 6 in a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, beat until light in texture, then add the mashed banana, oil and buttermilk, mix well.
• 7 add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and beat until smooth.
• 8 in a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with the two spoonfuls of sugar until they are stiff but moist.
• 9 plop the beaten whites on top of the batter and fold in until blended.
• 10 spread evenly in the prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes,or until a cake tester(i use wooden kabob skewers -- lol) inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• 11 let cool in the pan and frost with the following cream cheese icing.
• 12 cream cheese icing.
• 13 combine the cream cheese, butter, confectioner's sugar and lemon juice in a mixing bowl or the bowl of a food processor.
• 14 beat well or process until smooth and spreadable.
• 15 makes 3 cups of icing.