Best Michaels Favorite Banana Nut Cake Recipes

THE CAKE THAT DOESN'T LAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Make a well in the center and pour in the eggs, oil, vanilla, pineapple, mashed banana and chopped walnuts. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Serve hot or cold.

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. In another bowl, combine eggs, bananas, oil, pineapple and vanilla. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in nuts. , Pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with whipped cream and additional bananas.Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled cake in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
• Separate the eggs and set aside.
• Stir the baking soda into the buttermilk. Cream 1/2 cup of the butter or margarine with the white sugar. Add the egg yolks, and vanilla, beating well. Add flour alternately with the mashed bananas. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff. Stir the pecans into the cake batter then fold in the egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until cakes test done. Let cakes cool in pans.
• To Make Icing: Cream 3 tablespoons butter or margarine with the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the heavy cream until well blended. Spread icing on to cooled cake layers. Top with pecan halves if desired.

BANANAS 'N' CREAM TUBE PAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add bananas and mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, stirring just until combined. Stir in walnuts. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

MICHAEL'S FAVORITE BANANA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans; set pans aside.
• Prepare banana nut cake: In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Add eggs and oil, and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat.
• Stir in bananas, pecans and vanilla.
• Divide batter equally among prepared pans.
• Bake cake 25-28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of layers comes out clean.
• Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• With small metal spatula or knife, loosen layers from sides of pans; invert onto racks to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• While layers are cooling, prepare cream cheese frosting: In medium bowl, with mixer on medium speed, blend together cream cheese and butter.
• Gradually beat in sifted confectioners' sugar, increase speed to medium-high; beat until frosting is light and fluffy, then beat in vanilla.
• Reserve pecans to sprinkle on frosted cake or, if you like, stir into frosting.
• Fill and frost cake, using about 1/2 cup frosting between each layer.