CAKE
2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
Pinch salt
1/2 c (1 stick) unsalted butter,
-softened
1 c Granulated sugar
2 lg Eggs
1 c Mashed, ripe banana
-(about 3 bananas)
1/4 c Sour cream
1 ts Pure vanilla extract
1/2 c Chopped pecans
-GLAZE-
1/4 c Packed brown sugar,
1/4 c Sweetened condensed milk
2 tb Unsalted butter
1 c Confectioners’ sugar
1 ts Pure vanilla extract
FROSTING
3 oz Cream cheese, softened
6 tb Unsalted butter, softened
1 tb Sour cream,
1 tb Pure maple syrup
1 ts Pure vanilla extract
3 To 3 1/2 cups confectioners
-sugar
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Sift
together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. 2. Beat butter
and granulated sugar in large bowl of electric mixer on high speed
until light, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after
each addition. Stop the mixer and add bananas, sour cream and
vanilla. Mix in on low speed. Fold in the dry ingredients and nuts
with a rubber spatula. 3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until
a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
Cool completely on wire rack. 4. For caramel glaze, combine brown
sugar and condensed milk in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat,
stirring often, until mixture begins to bubble. Reduce heat to low
and add butter; cook and stir until melted. Remove from the heat and
stir in confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Spread over cooled cake. 5.
For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Stir in sour
cream, maple and vanilla. Add enough confectioners’ sugar to make a
smooth, thick frosting. Carefully spread over caramel glaze.
Yields
1 Cake