Easy Banana Cake.

This sweet treat is moist and naturally sweetened with ripe bananas and a bit of dark brown
sugar. It is perfect to dish up at Sunday brunch with eggs and bacon or for dessert with a scoop of ice cream
after your favorite Mexican dinner.

Easy Banana Cake

PREP: 20 minutes
COOK: 40 minutes
INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CAKE

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

teaspoon salt

cup sugar

cup butter, melted (1 stick)

cup buttermilk, divided

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)

FOR THE TOPPING

cup all-purpose flour

cup dark brown sugar

cup butter ( stick)

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 300F. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and
sugar. Blend in the melted butter, mixing together until moist. Add cup of the buttermilk and combine.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the other cup of buttermilk with the eggs and blend into the flour mixture.
Add the vanilla and mashed bananas. Beat for 1 minute. Place the batter in a greased 9 x 13 x 2-inch
pan.
3. To make the topping, squeeze the flour, brown sugar and butter together with your hands. Crumble the
topping evenly over the batter. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. When the cake is done, an inserted toothpick
or fork should come out clean from the center.
YIELDS: 8 servings