Banana Cake With Pudding Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CAKE
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed, ripe banana
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sour milk or 1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons baking soda
ICING
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding or (3 1/2 ounce) package banana cream instant pudding
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Grease and flour the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan.
Blend together all cake ingredients and pour into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 min.
,until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cool.
Meanwhile, prepare icing.
Place all icing ingredients into medium-sized bowl.
Mix with electric mixer on high speed until icing becomes fluffy and thick enough to spread (this takes a while, about 3-4 min.) Spread on top of cooled cake.
Refrigerate entire cake for a few hours before serving for best taste, and serve cold.