Banana Pound Cake Recipe

Banana Pound Cake

1 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter,softened
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
3 ripe bananas, mashed
3 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat shortening and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.

Combine banana, milk and vanilla.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to shortening mixture alternately with banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick insertedin center comes out clean.

Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack. Yield 1 (10-inch) cake.

by Janet Bean
Charlotte, NC
Southern Living, 20th Anniversary Edition Cookbook, pg. 87