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Banana Pudding Cake
Since I’m always baking, I decided to bake something different. This recipe was in one of the many recipe books I own. WOW, this cake
is DELICIOUS and very moist!
Ingredients:
Cake:
Vegetable Oil Spray for misting pan
1 Package (18.25 ounces) plain Yellow Cake Mix
8 T. (1 stick) Butter, melted
1 C. Whole Milk
3 large Eggs
1 t. Vanilla Extract
Pudding:
1 Package (5.1 ounces) Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
3 C. Whole Milk
4 T. (1/2 stick) Butter, cut up
2 t. Vanilla Extract
4 C. Sliced Bananas (3 large Bananas)
Topping:
1 Container (12 ounces) frozen Whipped Topping, thawed
1/2 C. Crushed Vanilla Wafer Cookies (10 to 12 cookies)
Instructions:
Place rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist a 9 X 13 inch baking pan with vegetable oil spray. Set aside.
Place cake mix, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop andscrap sides of bowl with rubber spatula. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2 more minutes scraping sides as needed. The batter should look thick & well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing out with a spatula. Place in oven and bake for 30 to 33 minutes until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with finger. Remove from oven and place on wired rack to cool.
Prepare the pudding – place pudding mix and milk in a stainless steel cookware medium saucepan. Fold in butter and vanilla. Cook over low heat, stirring until butter melts, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool for about 5 minutes. Fold in banana slices.
To assemble cake, spoon the pudding and banana mixture on top of cool cake, spreading mixture out to the edges of the cake. Cover the pudding with the whipped topping spreading it to the edges of the cake with spatula. Scatter the crushed vanilla wafer cookies over the top.
Serve at room temperature.
NOTE – Since I didn’t have any whipped topping on hand, I crushed extra vanilla wafer cookies to cover the pudding mixture completely.
To store this cake, be sure to cover loosely & put in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Sweet German Chocolate Cake
1 package (4 oz.) Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate
2 1/3 c. sifted Cake Flour
1 1/2 c. Sugar
1 t. Baking Soda
1/2 t. Baking Powder
1/2 t. Salt
2/3 c. Butter or Margarine
1 c. Buttermilk
1 t. Vanilla
2 Eggs
Melt chocolate over very low heat; cool. Sift flour with sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir butter in mixer bowl to soften. Add flour mixture, 3/4 c. of buttermilk and the vanilla. Mix to dampen flour; beat 2 minutes at medium speed using one of your electric handheld mixers, scraping bowl occasionally. Add melted chocolate, eggs and remaining buttermilk. Beat 1 minute longer. Pour batter into 3 8-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 15 minutes; remove from pans and cool on racks. Spread filling on layers and stack.
Coconut Pecan Filling and Frosting:
Combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten, 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a saucepan. Cook & stir over medium heat until mixture thickens, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add 1 1/3 cups shredded coconut ad 1 cup chopped pecans. Cool until spreading consistency; beating occasionally.
“A traditional favorite for special occasions and special company“
Cole’s Coffee Cake
CAKE:
2 c. Flour
1 t. Baking Powder
1 t. Baking Soda
1 t. Cinnamon
½ t. Nutmeg
1 c. Sugar
½ t. Salt
1 Egg
1 c. Milk
½ c. Oil
¼ c. Orange Juice
CRUMBLE TOP:
1 c. Brown Sugar
1 c. Chopped Nuts
½ Stick of Oleo/Butter
ICING:
¾ c. Powdered Sugar
½ t. Vanilla
1 T. Milk
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and salt. Add egg, milk, oil & orange juice. Mix with a hand held mixer on medium speed until well blended. Pour into greased and floured 9 X 13” pan. Add crumble top and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Drizzle icing over cake once you have taken it out of the oven.