Grandma Solberg's Banana Cake

Submitted by AngiC

"I have never tasted a banana bread that I liked because my Grandma always made this cake instead when there were overripe bananas, and no banana bread can compare to this!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour, sifted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Sift all dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg).
3. Cream the butter and vanilla in a large bowl, gradually adding sugar.
4. Beat in eggs one at a time.
5. Beat in dry ingredients.
6. Add bananas and butttermilk.
7. Bake in 9x9 pan for 35 - 45 minutes.

Reviews

[Chef Bobby Hill]

This cake is awesome!!!! The nutmeg just makes it out of this world!!!! It is sooooo moist and creamy-cakey instead of like banana bread. We couldn't stop eating it. It is one of those cakes that doesn't even need icing, it's so good!! I saw that Grandma Solberg also has a brown betty recipe on Zaar that looks good (don't tell my mom, she gets into brown betty competitions with our neighbor Minh). Thanks for posting your grandma's great recipe!!

 

[Nettiek_64]

The nutmeg gave this cake an interesting taste but overall we were not that impressed. I threw most of it away.

 

[ChefLee]

Grandma Solberg's Banana Cake rocks!!! It's the nutmeg that takes the bananas to another taste level!! It's not over-banana-tasting like typical banana breads. I used plain yogurt instead of buttermilk and it worked just great! This cake is moist and absolutely wonderful! Thank you Tex for such a great recipe!!