On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:39:03 -0500, Scott
> wrote:
> In article >, The Ranger > wrote:
> > 1 cup butter
> > 2 cups sugar
> > 3 ripe bananas
> > 2 cups walnuts, chopped
> > 2 eggs
> > 2 cups flour
> > 1 tsp salt
> > 2 tsp baking soda
> >
> That sounds like a *really* heavy cake, with all that sugar
> and butter... and everything else, for that matter. I wonder
> if it collapsed under its own weight.

Hmm. It hasn't in the past but I'm at a complete loss as to why it
did.

I'm also going to give the recipe below a try (having some
specialty baking flour vac-sealed in my pantry.) Thanks!

> The King Arthur Flour's Baker's Companion, by contrast,
> has the following:
>
> 1/3 cup vegetable oil
> 1 cup sugar
> 1 cup mashed banana (2-3 very ripe, large bananas)
> 1 cup chopped walnuts
> 2 large eggs
> 2-2/3 cups unbleached AP flour
> 1 tsp salt
> 1 tsp baking soda
> 1 tsp baking powder
> 2 tsp vanilla extract
> 1 tsp cinnamon
> 1/2 tsp nutmeg
> 1 cup yogurt, buttermilk, or sour cream

The Ranger