On Mon 14 Mar 2005 04:53:44a, Michael wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Thanks to everyone for the cake recipes! They look delicious. I've
> copied them off to my computer and I plan on making each one.
>
> Thanks again, Michael

Michael, here's a recipe I made recently and thought quite nice. It's as
simple as the Hershey's recipe. I found it somewhere on the web, but can't
recall where.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Banana Cake With Banana Icing

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Cake:
2 1/2 Cups flour
1 2/3 Cups sugar
1 1/4 Teaspoons baking powder
2/3 Cup oil
1 1/2 Cups bananas -- mashed
1 1/4 Teaspoons baking soda
1 Teaspoon salt
2/3 Cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Icing:

1/2 Cup butter -- (1 stick)
1 Pound box confectioners' sugar
1/2 banana (more -- if sm.)
2/3 Cup pecan pieces
1 Teaspoon lemon juice

Mix flour, sugar, soda, baking powder and salt. Beat in buttermilk, oil
and eggs 2 minutes. Add bananas and vanilla. Pour into greased and
floured 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool
completely before icing.

Icing: Melt butter, beat in sugar. Mash bananas in lemon juice. Mix banana
in butter mixture. Mix well. Fold in nuts. Ice cake.

Yield:
"1 Cake"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 422 Calories; 21g Fat (44.1%
calories from fat); 4g Protein; 55g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 52mg
Cholesterol; 462mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat;
1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 4 Fat; 2 Other Carbohydrates.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974