Ingredients
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2 2/3 cups flour
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1 tablespoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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3/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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3 eggs
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3/4 cup light brown sugar
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1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 med)
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1 cup whipping cream
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3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
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2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup butter
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2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
- Grease 2 8-in round baking pans, or 1 13x9-in baking pan.
- FOR CAKE: In a small bowl, combine, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs well, add brown sugar and beat until thick and light.
- Stir in vanilla and bananas.
- In a small bowl, whip cream.
- Beat half of the flour mixture into the eggs.
- Continue beating at low speed until blended.
- Add whippd cream, and then remaining flour mixture.
- Fold in pecans.
- Divide batter between 2 round 8-in pans.
- Bake for 35 mins, or until cake tests done.
- Cool 10 mins, remove from pan; cool completely.
- CREAM CHEESE ICING: Combine cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl.
- Beat until creamy.
- Add icing sugar and beat until smooth.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Fill and frost cake.