8" Butter Cake with Banana Butter Frosting

I had one lonely banana and a hankering for something sweet... This 8" Butter Cake with Banana Butter Frosting tastes great! I love cakes that can be baked in an 8" square pan, it just seems like a more manageable amount of dessert. The leftovers were placed in a Lock-N-Lock and tucked away in the fridge to take to work this morning... I may be having second thoughts:@)

My banana was small and probably only equaled 1/3 C so I cut back a little on the butter and only used 2 C sugar. This is a nice frosting, you do see specks of banana so some folks add a few drops of yellow food coloring to it. I would make this again!

8" Butter Cake-adapted from Allrecipes.com
1 1/2 C A/P flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 C butter
1 C sugar-I used 3/4 C
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 C milk-I used half sour cream

1. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together. I was lazy and didn't *head hanging in shame*, I will the next time.
2. Cream the butter and add in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy.
3. Add the dry to the butter alternating with the milk. Stir until just blended.
4. Pour batter into a greased 8" pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for approx 35-50 minutes, or until done. Mine was done in 35 minutes.
6. Remove from pan and allow to cool. I left mine in the baking dish.

Banana Butter Frosting-from Allrecipes.com
1/4 C butter, softened
1/2 C mashed banana
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
up to 3 1/4 C powdered sugar
yellow food coloring-optional

1. Cream the butter. Add the vanilla and lemon.
2. Slowly alternate adding the sugar and banana until you get the consistency you want.
3. Store this in the fridge.

Have a sticky sweet happy day:@)

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