Banana Cake

By michelew7

Cake or cupcakes with brown sugar icing. One of Mom's recipes I remember growing up. As I recall, the first time I actually made it, it makes way too much batter for just a cake and you can use the extra batter for cupcakes.

Ingredients

• Icing:
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 2/3 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 or 4 mashed bananas
• 3 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sour milk
• nuts (optional)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• milk enough to dissolve butter/sugar
• powdered sugar
• milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Cream sugar and shortening; add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and bananas. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

For icing, melt butter, brown sugar and a little milk on stove. Add powdered sugar and milk until consistency is right. Add vanilla.

Makes 42 cupcakes