Marvelous Banana Cake

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Title: Marvelous Banana Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 10 servings

1 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
3 c Sugar
2 c Bananas; mashed
4 Eggs; beaten
3 3/4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 tb Bourbon or orange juice
1 c Pecans; chopped
Banana-nut frosting
See recipe for

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:20
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium
speed of an electric mixer. Add bananas; mix until smooth.
Stir in eggs. Combine flour and soda. Add to banana
mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending
with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir in
vanilla, bourbon, and pecans. Pour batter into 3 greased
and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for
35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans,
and let cool completely on wire racks. Spread Banana-Nut
Frosting between layers and on top of cake. Yield: one
3-layer cake.
BANANA CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans,
filling each cup two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for
20 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks.
Frost with Banana-Nut Frosting. Yield: 4 dozen.

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