Light As Air Banana Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk (buttermilk is preferred)
• 4 stiffly beaten egg whites
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons warm water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350* grease and flour two 9" layer cake pans or 10" tube pan.
• 2 cream butter with sugar.
• 3 add yolks and beat.
• 4 add mashed bananas and pecans.
• 5 sift together flour and salt.
• 6 combine with creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• 7 fold in beaten whites.
• 8 add soda dissolved in water and then vanilla.
• 9 bake for 25 to 30 min.
• 10 cool and frost with pecan frosting or frosting of your choice.