Chocolate Banana Cake
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups mashed, ripe bananas
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Cream margarine and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Beat thoroughly after each. Stir in the cooled melted chocolate. Sift dry ingredients together and add to the batter alternately with the mashed bananas; stir in vanilla. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until cake tests done. Frost with a fluffy white frosting.
Banana Cupcakes
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 2 large ripe bananas
1/4 cup buttermilk
Cream shortening and vanilla; add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together the dry ingredients; add alternately with banana and milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Fill greased and floured or paper lined muffin cups about 1/2 full. Bake at 375° for 18 to 20 minutes, or until done. Cool and frost as desired. Makes about 24 to 30 cupcakes
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