Ingredients
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cooking spray
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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3/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
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1/3 cup vegetable oil
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1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 cup mashed ripe banana
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2/3 cup reduced-fat cream cheese
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 cups powdered sugar
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1 large egg
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2 large egg whites
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1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Coat 2-(8 inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper.
- Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small mixing bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
- Place granulated sugar, oil, vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
- Add mashed banana; beat well.
- Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, begining and ending with flour mixture.
- Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans.
- Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.
- To prepare frosting: place cream cheese and vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until smooth.
- Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup icing, and top with other cake layer.
- Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.
- Sprinkle pecans and coconut or/& chocolate curls over top of cake; all of these are optional.
- Cake is lovely as is!
- Store cake loosley covered in refrigerator.
- Enjoy, you have earned it.