Banana Spice Snack Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (or vegetable shortening)
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 large egg
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 bananas, ripe, mashed
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Coat a 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, with electric mixer, cream butter (or shortening) and brown sugar. Beat in egg, buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed banana until blended.
In a bowl, combine dry ingredients and spices.
Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until moistened. Do not overbeat.
Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
Bake 25-30 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack for about 20 minutes.
Serve warm, or room temperature.