snnazos Manila Spoon: Best Banara Pecan Cake Ell manitaspoon.com hitp:thww.maritaspoon.com/2014/11 best-banana-pecan-cake-ntml Best Banana Pecan Cake 317 Best Banana Pecan Cak wwrw.manilaspoon 60 | love baking with Bananas. The fact that | have many recipes here that use bananas is proof of how much | love this amazing fruit. It just adds so much flavor and moisture to any baked good. | love seeing the brown speckles in a banana bread. | often buy bananas just so | can make banana bread! Yes, | am truly bananas over bananas! | already have a delicious tried and tested recipe for Banana Bread in this blog which has received so many wonderful reviews from our readers. | thought of adapting that same recipe to make a Banana Cake - with the same citrus flavor from freshly squeezed orange juice and grated zest added for that extra tang and yummy taste. As expected, the cake was moist and delightful. It being a cake, | have decided to add some delicious frosting as well. This truly enhances the already delectable cake. So you can imagine how your taste buds will sing joyfully when they savor each delicious mouthful. Hope you try this truly tasty cake soon! Hnipsswww maritaspoon com2014/ Vbest-banana- pecar-cake ml “4snnazo1s Manila Spoon: Best Banara Pecan Cake Best Banana Pecan Cake Www.manilaspoon.com Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose Flour 11/2 teaspoons Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon Salt 4 large very ripe Bananas, mashed” 4 Tablespoons fresh Orange juice plus zest of 1 Orange 3/4 cup unsalted Butter, softened 11/2 cups Brown sugar 3 large Eggs 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract, 11/2 cups Buttermilk 1 cup Pecans, chopped *You can use a food processor to mash the bananas. For the frosting 41/2 cup unsalted Butter, softened Hnipsswww maritaspoon com2014/ Vbest-banana- pecar-cake ml 28wrens Manila Spoon: Best Banara Pecan Cake 1 (802) package cream cheese, softened 3 1/2 cups leing Sugar 4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Procedure Preheat the oven to 300 F (yes, that's the right temperature). Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish. Set aside. Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a bow. Set aside. Ina separate bowl, mix the mashed bananas with the orange juice and zest. Set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until ight and fluffy. Beat the eggs one at a time then add the vanilla extract. Stir in the banana-orange mixture. On low speed, alternately add the flour and the buttermilk to the mixture, beginning and ending with the flour. Gently fold in the nuts. ‘Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, For the frosting Using an electric mixer, beat together the softened butter and cream cheese until smooth, On low speed, add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and continue until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Beat in the Vanilla extract. Spread evenly on top of the cooled cake, Place 1 or 2 whole pecans on each slice. Enjoy! Ifyou wish to print the recipe, there's a print-friendly icon at the end of the post. Click on the "remove images box" for easy printing. Ifyou like what you see and would like to receive new recipe updates, we'd love you to subscribe through ‘email, get our feed or join our site. Feel free to like us on Facebook, follow us on Pinterest and Google+ too. Where you can get more recipes. Thanks and happy browsing! hitpatwww maritaspecr com2014/est-banana-pecan-cake html 3