Glazed Banana Cake

Recipe from AAUW Assn.

Cake Ingredients

• 2 Cups Sugar
• 3 Bananas, Mashed (You may use more if desired)
• 2 Eggs, Beaten
• 1 Cup Melted Margarine or Butter
• 2 ½ Cups of Flour (not cake flour)
• 1 Tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 Tsp. Salt
• 1 Tsp. Baking Soda
• 1 Cup Buttermilk
• 1 Tsp. Vanilla

Glaze

• 1 – 1 ½ Cups sifted Confectioners’ Sugar
• 1 Tsp. Grated Orange Rind
• 2 Tbsp. Orange Juice or ½ of Juiced Orange
• 1 Tsp. Lemon Juice
• Add Sugar until syrupy

1. In one bowl add sugar to bananas, then add eggs and slightly cooled margarine
2. In another bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
3. In yet another bowl, stir Baking Soda into buttermilk (it will expand)
4. To a 4^th bowl, add alternately: Flour mixture, Banana Mixture, Buttermilk Mixture; Ending with Flour.
5. Add Vanilla
6. Pour into greased and floured Bundt Pan.
7. Bake at 350˚F for 30-45 Minutes (toothpick or fork should come out clean)
8. Punch hold in cake immediately out of oven.
9. Pour glaze over cake

Notes: This recipe does require a bunch of bowls, something that I personally hate – but the cake is well worth the time spent doing dishes after.  My family has stopped making banana bread because this banana cake is so good.

I did bake this in 2 large bread pans and it worked really well.  Since it was a little thicker it required more baking time though.