Banana Cake With Orange Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 cup soft margarine
    3/4 cup granulated sugar
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3)
    1 teaspoon orange rind
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup sour milk
    Orange Icing
    1 1/2 cups icing sugar
    2 tablespoons low-fat yogurt
    1 teaspoon grated orange rind
    1 teaspoon orange juice
Preparation
    In bowl, cream margarine; add sugar and beat well.
    Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
    Beat in vanilla, bananas, and orange rind.
    Mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda; beat into egg mixture alternately with milk.
    Spray tube pan or 9 inch sqare pan with nonstick coating; spoon in batter.
    Bake in 350 oven for 40 minutes or until cake springs back when pressed in center.
    Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan and let cool on rack.
    Orange Icing:
    In small bowl, combine sugar, yogurt, orange rind and juice; mix until smooth.
    Spread over cake.
    Cut into wedges.

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