Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes- Tortes
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. coarse salt
- 1 cup 92 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
- 2/3 cup finely chopped black walnuts
- Chocolate Glaze:
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 8 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 Tbsp. milk or water
- 2 Tsp. vanilla extract
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degree. Generously butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
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To prepare cake, combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
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Combine butter and sugar, beat with an electric mixer about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Bat in banana and vanilla. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
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Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Let cool completely.
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To prepare glaze:
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Whisk together powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Slowly stir in milk and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Add a bit more milk to thin glaze, if needed. Spread over cakes.