Colorado Cooking: Banana Cake With Frosting

Cake

• 1/2 c. sugar
• 3/4 c. margarine
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 c. flour
• 1/4 c. buttermilk
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 c. mashed ripe bananas

Cream the margarine and sugar. Beat in eggs; add the dry ingredients, alternating with the liquid. Mix thoroughly. Beat for 2 minutes; stir in bananas. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8- to 9-inch cake pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Run table knife around edge. Turn over and tap bottom of pan a few times to turn out on wire wrack. Cool.

Frosting

• 1 c. milk
• 1 egg
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 4 T. flour
• 1/4 c. margarine
• 1/4 c. butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Shake in a jar: milk, egg, sugar and flour. Heat in saucepan to thicken, stirring constantly. Cool. Cream butter and margarine and vanilla. Add chilled pudding a spoonful at a time. Beat on high speed until fluffy. Frost cake. Pace on a cloth or paper and toss chopped nuts onto frosting.