Banana?

Sometimes there are phenomenons. And sometimes they are food.

 

Banana Cake

1/2 C melted butter

1 C sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 C mashed bananas (approx. 3)

1/2 C milk

2 C all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

Chocolate chips to taste*

 

Beat together oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Bake in a lightly greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a fork comes out clean.

 

~From Set for Life by Merrill and Sunderland

 

*This tastes really yummy with chocolate chips, but we recently discovered another fantastic way to eat it...

 

Chocolate Peanut-Butter Frosting

16 teaspoons milk (5 TBS and 1 teaspoon)

2/3 C peanut butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/2 C powdered sugar

16 teaspoons cocoa (5 TBS and 1 teaspoon)

 

In a small saucepan, heat the milk, peanut butter, and vanilla. Add the liquid to the powdered sugar and cocoa. Mix well until it is of a spreading consistency. (You may need to add some milk). Ice cooled cake and cut to serve.

 

~From Recipes from Home: The Eldon Shetler Family Cookbook, recipe by Janet Ewing

 

Enjoy this cake every leap year!