Feel like making a cake...?

Question

How do you make a REAL Banana Nut Cake not from the box? Growing up, I have always relied on the boxes and have always made great treats that people in my elementary classes would always appreciate. Now that I am a grown man living on my own. Id like to start learning how to make things on my own. Any sites or references to suggest? I would appreciate it!!!

Answer 1

www.allrecipes.com is my favorite recipe site. It's free to sign up, and it's easy to navigate. The recipe reviews are awesome, and have given me some great ideas. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Answer 2

Here's a recipe:


INGREDIENTS

* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 4 tablespoons buttermilk
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 3 ripe bananas, mashed
* 1 cup chopped pecans
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* Icing
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* 3 tablespoons butter, softened
* 2 cups confectioners' sugar
* 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
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* Pecan halves (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
2. Separate the eggs and set aside.
3. 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.
4. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Stir the pecans into the cake batter then fold in the egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until cakes test done. Let cakes cool in pans.
6. 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.

Answer 3

Here is a DELICIOUS recipe for a cake that has a banana flavor to it. If you like Banana Nut Bread, you will LOVE this! It's one of my favorites. =)

Hummingbird Cake
From: The Cake Mix Doctor


Cake:

3 c all-purpose flour
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp salt
2 cups chopped ripe bananas
1 c. drained, crushed pineapple
1 cup veg. oil, preferably canola
3 large eggs, beaten
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 c. finely chopped pecans (opt.)

ICING:

3 oz cream cheese at room temp.
½ c (1 stick) butter at room temp.
1 lb (about 4 ½ cups) confectioners sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla

To make the cake, position racks in the center and bottom third of the oven. Preheat oven 350 F. Lightly butter 2 (9-inch) round cake pans; sprinkle evenly with flour, and tap out the excess. Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a bowl., In another bowl, stil or whisk bananas, pineapples, oil, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Do not use an electric mixer. Pour into dry mixture and fold together with a large spatula just until smooth. Do not beat. Fold in pecans (optional) Spread evenly in pans. Bake until the cake springs back when pressed in the center, 30 to 35 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the racks and cool.

To make icing: Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until combined. On low speed, gradually beat in sugar, then the vanilla to make a smooth icing.

Place 1 cake layer, upside down, on a serving platter. Spread with about 2/3 cup of icing. Top with the 2nd layer, right side up. Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of the cake.

Answer 4

My special cake is b the Hell's Angels cake- you make a nice fluffy white angel food cake but then you take a round red-frosted devil's food cake and while the angel food is still warm you put the devil's food on top and it smashes down the fluff just enough and makes the red frosting drip onto it so it looks like blood...but it is really yummy! giggles, bannibal here asked who you were. He is going to be happy to know that you are one of my first contacts here and that we have never had any spiteful or mean things that came from or came attached to you,, sandy is one of the good guys erer gals, bruce. She will never do anytyhing against you at all.

Answer 5

Banana Spice Loaf Cake

INGREDIENTS:
6 very ripe bananas
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoons ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
PREPARATION:
In a medium bowl, mash bananas and pour vegetable oil over them; set aside while making cake.
Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in banana and oil mixture; mix well.

Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl; add to creamed banana mixture. Stir in raisins and pecans; blend thoroughly. Spoon mixture into 3 greased loaf pans and bake at 250° for 1 1/2 hours.

Answer 6

The 2nd link offers a recipe to make 4 loaves. This one makes one laf

Banana Bread Recipe

nonstick cooking spray
1 stick butter or margarine, soft
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 medium soft bananas, mashed
3 Tbsp. sour cream
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Cups sifted flour
1 - 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tsp. salt
1/2 Tsp. baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Light spray a 9X5X3 inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs, bananas, sour cream and lemon juice. Wet mixture is formed.

In a separate bowl, shift together your dry ingredients consisting of flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Flour mixture is formed.

Next add the wet mixture to the flour mixture and stir mixture just enough to moisten the flour. Banana bread batter is formed. Don't over beat your batter, because you want your banana bread recipe to turn out perfect.

Now, using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, spoon your batter into the already prepared loaf pan. Bake on center oven rack at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Your banana bread is done when a tooth pick inserted into center of bread loaf comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

Answer 7

i dont know, i hate bananas, they disgust me! LOL!

Look in a cake recipe book or a desert book, I'm sure it'll tell u in there!

Answer 8

Go to allrecipes.com they have everything under the sun and users comment on them so you know what works and what doesn't.

Answer 9

www.cakecentral.com has awesome cake and frosting recipes

Answer 10

Here is a website that might help you find what you want.
www.allrecipes.com