Rose's Yummy Banana Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 bananas, overly ripened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon banana extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon banana extract
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1/2 cup banana, mashed

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. add the mashed bananas; combining well. to this mixture, add the sour cream, eggs, vanilla, baking soda adn salt. beat until well combined. add the flour and nuts. mixing to combine well.
• 2 pour into prepared, greased and floured pan. bake at 350 degrees. depending on size of pan used; bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. you can bake this in any size or type pan. it's not a huge rising cake, so fill your pans accordingly.
• 3 to make the frosting, mix powdered sugar, banana, butter and cream cheese. stir in vanilla and enough milk to make spreading consistency. frost cooled banana cake.
• 4 this recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for larger quantity without trouble.
• 5 one note on the bananas for the cake portion -- the riper the better! i actually prefer that the bananas to be engrossly black for this recipe.