1/4 cup sour cream
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 large banana, mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup flour
FROSTING
2 tbsp butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
A Recipe for
Banana Cake
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Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 9-inch loaf pan; dust with flour.
Combine sour cream and baking soda in large bowl; let stand for 5
minutes. Mix butter, sugar, and eggs together in separate bowl; stir
into sour cream mixture. Add mashed banana; mix well. Gradually add
vanilla and flour; mix well after each addition. Pour batter into
prepared loaf pan; bake for 1 hour. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10
minutes, then turn out onto rack; cool completely before frosting.
To make frosting, cream butter and sugar together well in mixing
bowl. Stir in milk and lemon juice, beating well until frosting is of
spreading consistency. Frost sides and top of cooled cake.
Serves: 10
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