Banana Cake

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Ingredients

  • Preparation of Pan: (circular - no centre)
  • Grease sides of pan
  • Cream together -
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • Spread over bottom of pan
  • place sliced bananas in this sugar mixture
  • dot with maraschino cherries
  • Recipe for Cake Batter
  • Cream together -
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • Add 2 beaten eggs
  • Sift together -
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp. soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • Add alternately to mixture -
  • 1 cup mashed bananas
  • 1/2 cup sour milk
  • Add 1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Pour into pan. Bake at 385 for 40 - 50 minutes. Turn onto cake rack to cool. Before serving fill centre with 1 cup sweetened whipped cream mixed with 1/2 cup mashed bananas.