Banana Cake- Ala
White
Ingredients and
Directions
1 c Whole-wheat flour; sifted
1 c
All-purpose flour; sifted
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking
soda
1/4 ts Salt; optional
1 c Banana; ripe and mashed*
1/2 c Honey
1/2 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Lemon juice; up
to 2 tsp.
1/2 c Canola oil
1/4 c Banana liqueur
2 ts
Vanilla extract
1/4 c Skim milk
6 lg Egg white; at room
temperatu
1/2 ts Cream of tartar
Recipe by: Let
Them Eat Cake by Virginia N. White Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and
flour a 12 cup tube pan that has a removable bottom. Sift together
both flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
Mash the bananas in a medium-size bowl. Beat in the honey, sugar,
lemon juice, vegetable oil, banana liqueur, and vanilla until well
mixed. Stir the bowl of liquid ingredients into the bowl of dry
ingredients. Beat in the milk for about 1 minutes. In another bowl
combine the egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat the egg whites with
clean dry beaters until stiff but not dry. Fold half of the egg
whites at a time into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes or until cake tester comes
out clean. Let cool and remove cake from pan. Spread Banana Cake
Frosting on the top of the cake.