Banana Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 c. plain flour (Swans Down cake flour)
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 c. butter (scant) or 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
4 eggs (save whites of 2 for icing)
1 c. mashed bananas
1/4 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts, toasted
1 tsp. baking soda in 1/4 c. hot water

Preparation

Cream butter
and
sugar;
add eggs one at a time, then mashed bananas.
Add
baking
powder and salt to the flour and sift 3 times.
Then
add
a little flour to the mixed butter, sugar, eggs and mashed bananas.
Then mix in the buttermilk, a little flour and 1/4 cup of hot water to which baking soda has been added. Dredge the chopped, toasted nuts in the remaining flour and
mix in
the
batter.
Then add vanilla.
Bake in 3 layer pans
that have been greased and floured lightly.
Bake at 375\u00b0
for
about 20
minutes.
After layers are cooked and cooled, use 7-minute icing
between
layers and on top.
Decorate with pecan halves or other ways.