Swans Down Banana Nut Cake
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, whites and yolks separated
3 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, whites and yolks separated
3 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
350° oven temperature.
Sift together flour and baking powder.
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add beaten egg yolks to creamed mixture and beat well.
Add milk alternately with dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in two 9" layers, 30 - 35 minutes, or three 8" layers, 30 - 35 minutes, or one 9" x 13" loaf pan for 40 - 45 minutes.
Serves MANY.
Sift together flour and baking powder.
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add beaten egg yolks to creamed mixture and beat well.
Add milk alternately with dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in two 9" layers, 30 - 35 minutes, or three 8" layers, 30 - 35 minutes, or one 9" x 13" loaf pan for 40 - 45 minutes.
Serves MANY.
"I made this for Mother Dickey (Anna Hyduk Dickey) for Mother's Day, May 12, 1946. I made two 9" x 13" layers (double recipe) and frosted and decorated with butter frosting."
Seafoam Frosting
(For Swans Down Banana Nut Cake)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup water
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
bananas
1/2 cup water
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
bananas
Boil brown sugar and water until it spins a thread; remove from heat.
Pour slowly on stiffly beaten egg whites, while beating.
Add vanilla.
Beat until creamy.
Place second layer on top, again cover with bananas.
Add chopped nuts to remaining frosting and pour over bananas.
Pour slowly on stiffly beaten egg whites, while beating.
Add vanilla.
Beat until creamy.
Directions to assemble cake
Slice bananas over lower layer of cake and pour frosting over them.Place second layer on top, again cover with bananas.
Add chopped nuts to remaining frosting and pour over bananas.
"Mother didn't include the directions for the frosting which originally appeared with the cake recipe. We almost never used the bananas and nuts because, as she would always say, `You have to eat it all in one day or the bananas will go bad!'"