Honey Banana Cake
Ingredients
1 C. whole-wheat flour; sifted
1 C. all-purpose flour; sifted
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt; optional
1 C. banana; ripe and mashed
1/2 C. honey
1/2 C. granulated sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice; up to 2 tsp.
1/2 C. oil
1/4 C. banana liqueur
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 C. skim milk
6 large egg white; at room temperature
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
Banana Cake Frosting:
1/2 C. brown sugar
1 large egg white
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. maple flavor; optional
Cooking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 12 C. tube pan that has a removable bottom. Sift together both flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Mash the bananas in a medium-size bowl. Beat in the honey, sugar, lemon juice, vegetable oil, banana liqueur, and vanilla until well mixed. Stir the bowl of liquid ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients. Beat in the milk for about 1 minutes. In another bowl combine the egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat the egg whites with clean dry beaters until stiff but not dry. Fold half of the egg whites at a time into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Let cool and remove cake from pan. Spread Banana Cake Frosting on the top of the cake. Banana Cake Frosting: With an electric beater carefully beat sugar and egg white in the top of a double boiler over boiling water until peaks form- about 3 minutes. Add vanilla and maple flavor and beat one more minute. Remove from heat and frost the top of the cake.
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