Banana Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Banana Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters mashed ripe banana; 1 large egg; 2 larges egg whites; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 315 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 2 Tbsps finely chopped pecans, toasted; 710 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps flaked sweetened coconut, toasted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable oil

This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 306 calories, 4g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. If you have vegetable oil, buttermilk, banana, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Wax Paper

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Place granulated sugar, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.

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Granulated Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Egg Whites

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Blender

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Add mashed banana; beat well.

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Mashed Banana

Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.

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Wax Paper

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To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy.

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Vanilla Extract

Cream Cheese