BANANA-NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image



Banana-Nut Cake with Caramel Icing image

A favorite banana cake recipe that I have used for everything from a brunch treat to a requested birthday cake to a potluck. It always get rave reviews. It's the combination of the caramel icing and the bananas that tickles everybody's taste buds.

Provided by MR. YO

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 1h40m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 ¼ cups white sugar, divided
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
½ cup chopped pecans
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
1 cup mashed banana
2 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream
6 tablespoons butter
¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups sifted powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  • Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix in pecans. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.
  • Beat 1 cup sugar and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in banana, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add sour cream and mix until just blended. Add flour mixture and beat until blended.
  • Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar-nut mixture into the prepared cake pan. Top with 1/2 of the cake batter. Follow with remaining nut mixture and cake batter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
  • Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract; mix in powdered sugar gradually. Top the cooled cake with the frosting.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.8 calories, Carbohydrate 58.2 g, Cholesterol 38.3 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 194.7 mg, Sugar 43.4 g

There are no comments yet!