A traditional picnic favorite, this cake is sweetened with old-fashioned browned butter frosting.
Banana Cake with Browned Butter Frosting
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 18
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 package yellow cake mix with pudding in the mix
- 1 large ripe banana, mashed (1/2 cup)
- 1 cup water
- 3 eggs
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter (do not use margarine)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 to 5 tablespoons milk
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark pan). Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with shortening. Make cake mix as directed on box adding mashed banana with water and eggs. Pour batter into pan.
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Step2Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step3In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly and watching closely, until butter just begins to turn golden (butter will get foamy and bubble). Remove from heat. Cool 15 minutes.
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Step4With electric mixer on low speed, beat in powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk until frosting is smooth and desired spreading consistency. Frost cooled cake.
Nutrition
300
Calories
9g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
52g
Total Carbohydrate
44g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 240mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 52g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 44g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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