Banana Split Icebox Cake

"A special occasion cake, from, believe it or not Cooking Light (1994). This was a huge hit!! Worth every minute!! (first chill time 1 1/2 hours, 2nd chill time 1 hour)"
 
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Ready In:
48mins
Ingredients:
17
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place colander in a 2 quart glass measure or medium bowl.
  • Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth.
  • allowing cheese cloth to extend over outside edges.
  • Spoon yogurt in colander.
  • Cover loosely with plastic wrap, chill 1 1/2 hours.
  • Spoon yogurt cheese into a bowl, discard liquid.
  • Add powdered sugar, stir well.
  • Reserve 1 cup yogurt cheese mixture, cover and chill.
  • Add 3/4 cup thinly sliced banana to remaining yogurt cheese mixture, stir gently.
  • Cover and chill.
  • Combine cake flour, baking powder and salt, stir well and set aside.
  • Beat 3 eggs yolks in a large mixing bowl at high speed of an electric mixer for 1 minute.
  • Graduallly add 3/4 cup sugar, beating constantly until egg yolks are thick and pale (about 5 minutes).
  • Add vanilla and 1/4 cup water, beating at low speed until blended.
  • Add flour mixture to egg yolk mixture, beating at low speed until blended, set aside.
  • Beat 5 egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed on an electric mixture until foamy.
  • Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
  • Gently stir one fourth of egg white mixture into batter.
  • Gently fold in remaining egg white mixture.
  • Coat 2 (9inch) round cakepans with cooking spray and line bottoms with wax paper.
  • Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
  • Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
  • Bake at 375f degrees for 18 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in centre.
  • Let cool 10 minutes in pan on wire racks.
  • Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto wire racks.
  • Peel off wax paper, cool completely.
  • Place 1 cake layer, top side up, on a serving plate.
  • Spread evenly with strawberry spread, spoon banana mixture evenly over strawberry spread, and top with remaining cake layer.
  • Spread evenly with reserved yogurt cheese mixture.
  • Combine 3/4 cup sliced banana and lemon juice, toss gently.
  • Drainand discard juice.
  • Arrange sliced banana on top of cake, sprinkle with walnuts.
  • Drizzle chocolate over top of cake.
  • Chill 1 hour.
  • Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

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