Saturday, October 9, 2010

Banana Cake

Posted by thecaramelcookie / 9 comments » / Cake, Dessert

A few weeks ago my husband and I went to visit some friends who were house sitting for a neighbor. The location of the house was absolutely beautiful!

It had great views of the mountains.

A pond, where our husbands caught some fish for dinner.

And horses!

And my beautiful friend Meghan!

Oh, and I brought some banana cake. It was okay. I wanted to try something new but I like my banana bread way better. If you have a good banana bread/cake recipe, let me know! I love trying out new banana recipes!

Banana Cake

Adapted from Baking: From My Home to Yours

Serves 16

Ingredients:

3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup sugar
1 cup Splenda
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs, at room temperature
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup fat free sour cream

Directions:

Heat oven to 350.

Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.

Beat the butter, sugar, and Slpenda on medium for 1 minute. Mix in vanilla. Add eggs, one at time, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Next, mix the in applesauce. The batter will look curdled--it's okay! Mix in bananas on low.

Add in half of the dry mixture, followed by all of the sour cream, and then mix in the remaining dry mixture.

Pour into a greased bundt and bake for 65-75 minutes. Check after 30 minutes and cover the top with foil if it is getting too brown.

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    GreenGirl — October 9, 2010 @ 8:29 pm

    What a beautiful view and I love the horses, your friend is so lucky.
    The banana bread sounds delicious

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    Brittany — October 10, 2010 @ 3:06 am

    That cake looks perfect for your farm escape setting. And those horses? They’re adorable!!

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    Amalia — October 10, 2010 @ 8:38 am

    yum I love banana bread! I tried Smitten Kitchen’s recipe and I think is pretty good! You can put anything you want in that banana bread and it will be amazing. I made it in a bundt pan and it worked perfectly. Recipe here: http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/speckled-for-the-freckled/

    What I see in this recipe you posted is that it must be really sweet! 1 cup of sugar + 1 cup splenda + 4 bananas + 1/2 cup applesauce. But maybe it doesnt come out that sweet…anyway thanks!

    -Amalia
    http://buttersweetmelody.wordpress.com

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    thecaramelcookie Reply:
    October 10th, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    The bread isn’t too sweet at all. Also, the applesauce is unsweetened; I have updated the recipe to reflect that.

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    Sprinkled With Flour — October 10, 2010 @ 11:39 am

    What a lovely bundt cake! I love banana cake, and can never have too many banana recipes:) I have a delicious recipe for a banana cake, I’ll have to post about it soon:)

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    Baking Serendipity — October 11, 2010 @ 9:58 pm

    I love banana bread, but have never tried a cake before. I’d definitely be interested if you found a recipe you thought was better!

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    roshni — November 1, 2011 @ 3:35 pm

    Hi, recipe looks great so does the cake. I would like to make it without egg. Please advice what i can substitute . thanks

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    thecaramelcookie Reply:
    November 2nd, 2011 at 7:16 am

    You could try using Ener-G egg replacer or using 1 tablespoon flax seed mixed with 3 tablespoons of water for 1 egg.

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