My Granny's Banana Cake

Submitted by nanunanu

"This was my great-grandmother's specialty. I found it in one of her old cookbooks."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons sour milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 mashed bananas
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts

• ICING

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. CAKE.
2. in large bowl, cream sugar, shortening and eggs until light and fluffy.
3. stir in remaining ingredients as listed.
4. pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
5. bake 15 minuted at 400, then 20 minutes at 350.
6. cake will remain moist.
7. while cake is cooking, blend all ingredients for icing (except vanilla) in small saucepan.
8. ICING.
9. bring all ingredients to a boil, stirring constantly.
10. when mixture reaches full rolling boil, boil for one minute.
11. let cool.
12. add vanilla.
13. beat and spread on warm cake.

Reviews

[peggylyn]

This is an absolutely wonderful cake!I had to sample a piece, and as it was still pretty warm i was sure it wasnt at its best yet. But it was wonderful. Very moist very flavorful, just right. Very unique in that it uses a brown sugar frosting instead of the more common cream cheese type. Five stars for this. I love the heirloom recipes---:)--PeggyLynn

 

[Baby Kato]

My dh was in flavor heaven. He really enjoyed the flavor and texture of this moist, dense, banana cake. The brown sugar icing was a nice touch, although it did make the cake extra sweet. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

 

[DDW]

We loved this cake! What a great cake and the caramel type frosting was out of this world. A nice change from the usual cream cheese fosting on most banana items. Glad I picked this one to try.

 

[Robert Mak]

Excellent classic recipe for banana cake! The actual cake was exactly what I was lookin' for in a banana cake. Right texture and flavor. The recipe seemed a little on the sweet side for my taste so I reduced the sugar by a third and skipped the icing. Even then I felt it was a touch too sweet -I'll try half a cup of sugar next time. Watch out for the top of the cake too. You should probably slash the top or poke holes in it while it's baking to let the steam out otherwise it'll look like the San Andreas Fault.

 

[Bri22]

I reallly loved the flavor of this cake, so did my DS. I just was overwhelmed at how much icing there was, don't get me wrong I will be making it again just with less icing. Thank you.