Banana Creamangel Cake

This is a refrigerated cake--all my favorite cakes are. I got this recipe out of an old recipe box at a yard sale, along with some old Watts apple bowls. If you like bananas, you will like this cake.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) box  duncan hines deluxe  angel food cake mix
• 2  medium bananas
• 1 3⁄4 cups milk
• 1 (3 1/2ounce)  vanilla pudding mix
• 1⁄2 pint  whipping cream
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
•  banana, sliced if desired

Directions

1. Mix, bake, and cool cake as directed on the label.
2. Cook vanilla pudding with the 1 3/4 cups of milk. Cool to room temperature.
3. Place cake wider side down on a serving plate.
4. Slice a 1-inch layer from the top and set aside.
5. Cut around cake 1 inch from the outer edge to 1 inch from bottom.
6. Then cut around cake 1 inch from inner edge to 1 inch from bottom. Do not make cutout too large.
7. Gently remove the cake between the cuts; tear it into small pieces and fold them into the pudding.
8. Fold in diced bananas; pour into cake shell.
9. Replace top of cake.
10. Whip cream until stiff; fold in the sugar and vanilla. Spread over the sides and top of cake.
11. Put banana slices on top of cake if you desire.
12. Store the cake in the refrigerator.