Banana Oatmeal Cake

Submitted by spatchcock

"This is a rather unusually-flavored, but very good, cake. I think it would work well for bridal or baby showers--a good change from plain yellow or chocolate cake. The batter in this may seem runny, but that's how it's supposed to be before you put it in the oven! "

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15

ingredients

• shortening
• 1 1⁄2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (4 medium)
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 2⁄3 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats or 1 cup oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2⁄3 cup chopped nuts
• 2⁄3 cup raisins

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease rectangular pan with shortening.
3. Beat in large bowl with wooden spoon bananas, sugar, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and egg.
4. Mix in flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and baking powder.
5. Stir in chopped nuts and raisins.
6. Spread batter in pan.
7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick poked in center comes out clean.
8. Cool completely on wire rack.

Reviews

[Zaney1]

Very good. Nice and moist cake. I was afraid that I had done something wrong as it was pretty runny, but it turned out just perfect. I topped it with banana frosting-Yummy. I didn't add the nuts and I used canola oil instead of veg.

 

[Jewel29]

I made this and it was excellent... The combination of bananas and cinnamon is great! The only things I had to improvise- I added a 1/2 cup cinnamon applesauce because I only had two bananas on hand, and added 3/4 tsp white vinegar to the milk since I didn't have any buttermilk. I didn't see salt listed in the ingredients, so I added 3/4 tsp and it turned out really tasty!

 

[jane948]

I made this & took it to a class. Everyone loved it. I used regular oats also. worked great. Topped with a cream cheese frosting and sprinkled walnuts over top. Highly recommend..

 

[Mary Scheffert]

Really good cake! Took no time at all to put together & get into the oven. I used 2/3 cup of mixed dried fruit bits for the raisins, otherwise followed the recipe exactly. The cake came out very moist, and I topped it with some leftover cream cheese frosting. Yummy! Thanks for posting! -M

 

[michEgan]

My Husband just loved this cake! I ran out of oatmeal only had 1/2 cup, but I added 1/2 cup of oat bran and it turned out perfectly moist and oh so good!! I did add an extra egg too. Will make this again! Thanks for a great recipe