Fluffy Banana Cake With Whipped Banana Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup mashed banana
2 cups self-rising flour
2 eggs, unbeaten
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup shortening (suggested ( Crisco)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
ICING
1 banana, sliced
2 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour a 9x13 pan.
Cream the shortening, eggs, and vanilla together. Mix in the flour, sugar, banana, and buttermilk; beat until creamy.
Bake approximately 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Icing:
Beat the egg whites, salt, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Spread on cake and top with banana slices (dip in lemon juice to prevent browning).