Banana Chiffon Cake

Submitted by Karen=^..^=

"This is light, airy and delicately textured. This recipe is from my grandmom's recipe box and is cut from a cardboard box...don't know from what product though...no brand names mentioned :)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 1⁄2 cup egg yolk (6 to 8)
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup egg white (6 to 8)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl.
3. Make a well in dry ingredients and add oil, egg yolks, bananas and lemon juice.
4. Beat until smooth.
5. Add cream of tartar to egg whites in a large mixing bowl.
6. Beat until stiff peaks form, do not underbeat.
7. Gradually and gently fold banana mixture into stiff whites until just blended, do not stir!
8. Pour into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan and bake 40- 50 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean and dry.
9. When cake is completely cool, remove from pan.

Reviews

[ltdsaloon16r]

Nice light banana cake, the tin I used wasnt big enough for all the mixture so I used a round tin for the leftover mix and got 2 cakes! I served with sliced bananas and a dollop of whipped cream. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MissyIffy]

Was a really good cake but not really a chiffon texture - not really sure if that's even possible when using real bananas. So in terms of taste: 5 stars, but 4 stars in terms of it being a "chiffon".

 

[dmaher]

This was the most horrible experience I have ever had with making a chiffon cake. The cake did not completely cook after I baked it for 55 minutes to an hour, it was all mushy near the center. Diane

 

[Pam-I-Am]

I love chiffon (sponge) cakes, so this I had to try! I had some over-ripe bananas and lots of eggs so this sounded perfect. I used 6 large eggs for the yokes and whites and it was just fine for the cake. I added the lemon juice, but think next time, I'll try vanilla instead. I tried half my cake with the whipped cream and half with vanilla ice cream and the cake with the ice cream is the bomb! I think this would be fun to drizzle a carmel, chocolate or peanut butter sauce on when serving. Thank goodness for grandma's saving old recipes!