Title: Chocolate-Glazed Banana Cake
Categories: Dessert Cake
Yield: 12 Servings

2 1/2	c	Flour, cake
1 1/2	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
3	md	Bananas, ripe; mashed
3/4	c	Sour cream
1	ts	Extract, vanilla
2/3	c	Butter; softened
1 2/3	c	Sugar
2	lg	Eggs
GLAZE & GARNISH
2	oz	Chocolate, semisweet; coarsely chopped
1	tb	Sugar
1/4	c	Sour cream
1/4	c	Walnuts; chopped (1 oz)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" tube pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess.

Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Mix together bananas, sour cream, and vanilla.

Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

At low speed, alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture to butter mixture, beating until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake cake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.

To prepare glaze, in a small saucepan, melt chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Remove from heat; stir until slightly cooled. Stir in sour cream until smooth. Drizzle glaze over top of cake. Sprinkle with nuts.

Baking Tips: For extra crunch and a nuttier flavor, add 2/3 cup chopped walnuts (2 2/3 oz) to batter. If chocolate glaze is too thick, stir in water, 1 teaspoon at a time, to thin it to the right consistency. Submitted By MARGARET YOUNG On 08-14-96

From: Serge Cyr Date: 09-17-96 (16:03) The Computer Workshop (40) Cooking

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