Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting


Mashed bananas adds more than just flavor to this cake--it also keeps the layers moist. I found this recipe on aol.com/food/ while i was surfing around. This looked very interesting and it turned out so beautifully. It tastes great too! It uses coconut which i don't like so i only ate a smidgin!

Steps


Preheat oven to 350f.
Coat 2- round cake pans with cooking spray.
Line bottoms with wax paper.
Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups.
Level with a knife.
Combine flour , baking powder , baking soda , and salt in a small mixing bowl , stirring well with a whisk.
Place granulated sugar , oil , vanilla extract , egg whites , and egg in a large bowl.
Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
Add mashed banana.
Beat well.
Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture , begining and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes on wire racks.
Remove from pans.
Peel off wax paper.
Cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting: place cream cheese and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
Beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy.
Add powdered sugar.
Beat at low speed until smooth.
Place 1 ca.

Ingredients


cooking spray, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, egg whites, egg, banana, low-fat buttermilk, reduced-fat cream cheese, powdered sugar, pecans, sweetened flaked coconut, chocolate curls