Banana
Orange Cake
3 1/4 cups cake flour
1 3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup orange juice
1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange peel
4 very ripe bananas
1 cup Crisco
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 - 9 inch cake pans. Puree
bananas in food processor or blender. You should have about 1 2/3 cups.
At medium speed of electric mixer, beat shortening, sugar and orange peel
until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time,
beating well between each egg. Beat in vanilla and banana puree. Combine
dry ingredients. At low speed beat in flour mixture alternating with orange
juice. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until edges
start to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool 10 minutes then turn
out on racks and cool completely.
Frosting:
5 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
6 oz. unsalted butter, softened
1 tbs. grated orange peel
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
Sift confectioners' sugar. With mixer at medium speed beat butter and
orange peel until creamy. Beat in cream cheese until smooth. Gradually
beat in confectioners' sugar. Wait until cake is completely cool before
frosting it. |