Banana Cake

By mamawoolie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups mashed bananas
• 4 eggs beaten
• 3 3/4 cup all purpose flour sifted
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tbs. orange juice
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

Cream oil, butter and sugar together. Add mashed bananas. Stir in beaten eggs. Mix together in a separate bowl, sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Start adding the flour to the banana mixture and alternate with the buttermilk, ending with the flour. Mix well but do not over mix. Add orange juice, vanilla and chopped pecans at the end and stir into the batter.

Grease 3 9" cake pans. Divide and pour the batter into the pans and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing.
Frosting Ingredients:

1/2 cup bananas mashed
1tsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup butter softened
1 16 oz. pkg. powdered sugar
4 Tbs. milk
1 cup flaked coconut toasted
2/3 cup chopped pecans

Combine mashed bananas and lemon juice, then cream with the softened butter. Gradually add in powdered sugar and milk until well combined. Stir in toasted coconut and pecans. This should yield 3 1/2 cups of frosting.

Frost the cake between each layer and on top, leaving the sides unfrosted.