Easy Banana Cake

Quick, Simple and Delicious

This is my first post in almost two years! My friend,Liz Gainey has encouraged me to restart this blog. That got me thinking about it, but my biggest motivation is that I find it so helpful and easy to pull up my favorite recipes from here on my IPad. Rather than searching the recipe books, or my recipe cards, I just open Gayle's  Reflections and do a search- there you have your recipe and you are ready to cook!If you have an IPad, you can take a picture of the recipe and find it in your photos or file it in your files. Electronics and technology is definitely helpful in the kitchen.This recipe for banana cake is one I came up with while trying to use some very ripe bananas. I always feel guilty throwing them away. Just a cake mix and banana, make icing or buy it. Easy, easy!

Banana Cake

1 yellow cake mix (add eggs, oil, water according to package directions)

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1cup chopped pecans for top of icing

Cream Cheese Icing

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

8 ounces cream cheese

Pinch salt

1 teaspoon vanilla 

3 cups confectioners powdered sugar .

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or what your cake box instructs)

2. Spray two round cake pans or one 8 x 13 inch pan with canola    oil.

3. Make the cake mix according to the package directions then add the two bananas and mix in thoroughly.

4. Bake the cake as directed on the box and then cool thoroughly.

5. Make icing by mixing butter and cream cheese until soft and well mixed.

6. Add salt and vanilla. Mix well. Then add sugar 1 cup at a time until a smooth consistency. If it is too thick, add milk a teaspoon at a time until it is spreadable. Apply icing to a thoroughly cool cake.

If you are in a hurry, the store bought cream cheese icing is pretty good. Enjoy!