Oh Banana Cake!

2/3 cup butter 
1 2/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 cup flour
1tsp. baking soda
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1tsp. salt
1 1/2 cup mashed bananas (we used 2 bananas - I have no idea how much that measured out to be)
2 eggs
2/3 cup buttermilk (I added some lemon juice to regular milk and let it sit for a few minutes)
2/3 cup walnuts (that would have been great, but we didn't have any)

Mix it all together, beat on high for a couple of minutes, then pour into your prepared pan. We did two nine inch round pans. Bake for 35 minutes or so at 350 degrees. We topped it with cream cheese frosting, Awesome! But I think I'll try a simple glaze the next time around.

So, last week my little "big boy" insisted we make a cake. He had fun helping me with this Banana Cake - because mashing bananas can be very satisfying. It was a good little cake. We ate it for breakfast several times. I'm pretty sure the sugar content is comparable with (dare I say less than?) a bowl of cereal. Despite our tasting it every day it seemed to last forever (around here "forever" in reference to baked goods usually means anything over three days).

Anyway, now that my husband is on the second shift my evenings are pretty lonely. So far I have been catching up on chick flicks, but last night needed something extra. Enter the Banana Cake! Two pieces left, but it wasn't enough. I needed to fry them in butter and sandwich some vanilla ice cream between them. Yup, comforting. Oh Banana Cake! Thank you!