Banana Bread/Cake

This is a tasty, cake-like, bread recipe. A wonderful way to use up bananas that have gone-by, actually old bananas are the best for this recipe. Enjoy!

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Banana Bread/Cake

-Preheat oven 350 degrees

-Grease and flour pan

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1 1/4 cups Bananas mashed (3 bananas)
• 2/3 cup Buttermilk (add 1 scant Tablespoon vinegar to 2/3 cup regular milk if you don have buttermilk)
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp. Vanilla

-Mix wet and dry ingredients separately then mix together add mashed bananas last

-Makes 2 loaves

Other ideas…

-Bake Muffins- 20 minutes

-9×13 cake- 30 minutes (can be frosted and served as cake)

– Bread 30-35 minutes

– Bunt pan 45 minutes this is a good way to do it, it still cuts like bread but you only have 1 pan to wash!) 🙂

*picture from: http://www.123rf.com/photo_8946235_rye-bread-with-banana-and-honey.html