Name: Banana-Nut Cake with Caramel Icing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: White sugar, divided - 1 ¼ cups; Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon; Chopped pecans - ½ cup; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Shortening - ½ cup; Mashed banana - 1 cup; Eggs - 2; Pure vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon; Sour cream - ½ cup; Butter - 6 tablespoons; Packed dark brown sugar - ¾ cup; Milk - 6 tablespoons; Pure vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Sifted powdered sugar - 2 cups

Ingredients for - Banana-Nut Cake with Caramel Icing

1. White sugar, divided 1 ¼ cups

2. Ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon

3. Chopped pecans ½ cup

4. All-purpose flour 2 cups

5. Baking powder 1 teaspoon

6. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

7. Salt ¼ teaspoon

8. Shortening ½ cup

9. Mashed banana 1 cup

10. Eggs 2

11. Pure vanilla extract 1 tablespoon

12. Sour cream ½ cup

13. Butter 6 tablespoons

14. Packed dark brown sugar ¾ cup

15. Milk 6 tablespoons

16. Pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

17. Sifted powdered sugar 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Banana-Nut Cake with Caramel Icing

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).

2 . Stage

Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix in pecans. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.

3 . Stage

Beat 1 cup sugar and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in banana, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add sour cream and mix until just blended. Add flour mixture and beat until blended.

4 . Stage

Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar-nut mixture into the prepared cake pan. Top with 1/2 of the cake batter. Follow with remaining nut mixture and cake batter.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

6 . Stage

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract; mix in powdered sugar gradually. Top the cooled cake with the frosting.