Homemade Cake Recipes like Banana Cake Recipe make Simple Desserts

SPICE CAKE RECIPE

• ½ Cup soft butter


• 2 Cups brown sugar


• 2 Beaten eggs


• 1 Teaspoon baking soda


• 2 Teaspoon cinnamon


• 1 Teaspoon ginger


• 1 Teaspoon allspice


• 1 Teaspoon cloves


• 1 Cup buttermilk


• 2 ½ Cups flour

ADD 3 SLICED BANANAS TO RECIPE

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, soda, spices and buttermilk. Add flour and blend well. Fold in the sliced bananas and dump batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.

Icing:

• 4 Tablespoons melted butter


• 10 Tablespoons brown sugar


• 6 Tablespoons cream

Mix well and pour onto hot cake. Sprinkle with coconut and return to oven to brown coconut.

BANANA CAKE RECIPE

• 2 ½ Cups sifted flour


• 1 2/3 Cup sugar


• 1 ¼ Teaspoon baking powder


• 1 ¼ Teaspoon baking soda


• 1 Teaspoon salt


• 2/3 Cup soft butter


• 2/3 Cup buttermilk


• 1 ¼ Cups mashed bananas


• 3 Eggs


• 2/3 Cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, salt and baking powder. Mix in ½ of the milk, the bananas and butter and blend. Add the eggs and rest of milk, beating well. Stir in the pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a pick comes out clean. Let cake cool and remove from pan to a serving platter. Frost with favorite icing.

Among homemade cake recipes, this simple cake recipe was very popular years ago when everyone did their laundry on Mondays with the old ringer washers. It was a busy day and usually a pot of soup beans would be cooking on the stove all day for the evening meal. Simple desserts like this spice cake recipe were quickly prepared and ready for evening also. By the time for evening dinner, most homemakers were too tired to worry about cooking so they planned the dinner early in the morning.

SIMPLE CAKE RECIPE

• ½ Cup milk


• 1 Tablespoon butter


• 2 Eggs


• 1 Cup sugar


• 1 Cup flour


• 1 Teaspoon baking powder


• ¼ Teaspoon salt


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Grease and flour 9 inch square baking pan.

Heat milk and butter to boiling point; set aside.

Beat eggs until creamy; beat in sugar and vanilla.

Beat in the flour, baking powder and salt.

Slowly add the milk and beat until blended.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven and turn on broiler.

Mix topping and spread on hot cake; return to oven to brown under broiler.

Topping

• 3 Tablespoons softened butter


• 2 Tablespoons cream


• 5 Tablespoons brown sugar


• 1 Cup shredded coconut

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