nana's bodacious banana cake

How To Make nana's bodacious banana cake

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350 grease and flour sheet cake pan or 3 8 inch rounds. Cream oil, butter and sugar together. Add mashed bananas.
• Step 2
  Stir in beaten eggs.
• Step 3
  Start adding the flour to the banana mixture and alternate with the buttermilk, ending with the flour. Mix well but do not over mix.
• Step 4
  Add orange juice, vanilla and chopped pecans at the end and stir into the batter.
• Step 5
  Grease 3 9" cake pans. Divide and pour the batter into the pans or bake as a sheet cake and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing.
• Step 6
  Frosting Combine mashed bananas and lemon juice, then cream with the softened butter.
• Step 7
  Gradually add in powdered sugar and milk until well combined.
• Step 8
  Stir in toasted coconut and pecans. This should yield 3 1/2 cups of frosting.
• Step 9
  If you use round cake pans Frost the cake between each layer and on top, leaving the sides unfrosted.
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