Best Banana Pound Cake With Caramel Icing
From rosemaryblue 17 years agoIngredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened shopping list
- 1/2 cup Crisco shopping list
- 2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 1 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 5 large eggs shopping list
- 3 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 cup half and half shopping list
- 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
- 1 large banana (peeled and mashed) shopping list
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (I like to hand chop, better flavor) shopping list
- frosting / glaze shopping list
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted shopping list
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup whipping (heavy) cream shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- In large mixer bowl, with an electric mixer, place the softened butter and Crisco
- Cream until well blended
- Add sugars slowly as mixer is running, and beat for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
- Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl, whisk to blend
- Add dry ingredients alternately with half and half to the creamed
- mixture
- Beat until well blended only
- Add mashed banana and vanilla with mixer on low
- STIR in pecans by hand
- Pour into a greased and lightly floured 10-inch tube pan
- Place in a 325 degree oven for about 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean
- Let cake cool for 10 minutes
- Turn out onto a cake plate to cool ALMOST completely
- FROSTING / GLAZE
- In bowl, whisk all ingredients, mixing well*
- *MAY HEAT SLIGHTLY BEFORE DRIZZLING ON CAKE OR
- MAY DRIZZLE ON WARM CAKE WITHOUT HEATING
- Keep spooning and drizzling, letting the glaze drip down the sides
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