Cooking & Baking

elleng

(131,159 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 07:57 PM Jan 2018

A Cake to Keep Your Sweet Tooth in Shape

'There is banana bread. And there is banana cake. And though the two share many sweet traits in common, they are not at all the same thing.

Banana bread, baked in a loaf pan, is necessarily restrained — the kind of thing you feel good about eating for breakfast. Though it might have a thin glaze or sugar topping, it never has frosting. You might even spy healthful flecks of wheat germ or flaxseeds folded into the batter.

Such nods to wholesomeness have no place in a banana cake.

With towering layers covered in billowing frosting, banana cakes qualify as dessert, not breakfast — unless, of course, a sugar rush is your waking intention.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/dining/banana-coconut-cake-recipe.html?

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A Cake to Keep Your Sweet Tooth in Shape (Original Post) elleng Jan 2018 OP

As a type II diabetic lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #1

Used to make Banana Cake all the time dem in texas Jan 2018 #2

lapfog_1

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1. As a type II diabetic

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 08:03 PM

Jan 2018

I have to pass on this right now.

but when I feel like it's my time to depart... I hope someone lets me eat as much as I want.

dem in texas

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2. Used to make Banana Cake all the time

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:04 AM

Jan 2018

My wasn't as fancy as the one in the NYT, but it still make a beautiful cake. I'd make the classic banana cake recipe that called for plain yogurt or buttermilk. Made it in 3 layers. Put sliced bananas between the layers and cover with a fluffy lemon icing. had another recipe where bake a pound type cake in loaf pam Slice the cake lengthwise so you had two layers. for the filling go to in the middle, I'd bake some bananas, mash them, add a little sugar and some dark rum. Cover with whipped cream a.

I haven't made either recipe in years, may give them a try. I have bananas in the pantry and plan on making old fashion banana pudding tomorrow, like to top this with whipped cream and sprinkle on some toasted coconut. This is my 90 year old neighbor's favorite dessert and I am making Sunday dinner for him.

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