1 c Butter or margarine;
-softened 3 c Sugar
2 c Bananas; mashed
4 Eggs; beaten
3 3/4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 tb Bourbon or orange juice
1 c Pecans; chopped
Banana-nut frosting See recipe for Recipe by: Southern Living
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add bananas; mix until smooth. Stir in eggs. Combine flour and soda. Add to banana mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir in vanilla, bourbon, and pecans. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Spread Banana-Nut 3-layer cake.
BANANA CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans, filling each cup two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks.
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