Swiss Banana Cake

• CAKE
• flour↗2 cups
• baking powder↗1 teaspoon
• baking soda↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• salt↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• shortening↗1⁄2 cup
• sugar↗1 1⁄2 cups
• eggs↗2
• mashed banana1 cup

  (about 2 med bananas)

• buttermilk↗1⁄3 cup
• vanilla↗1 teaspoon
• chopped walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans3⁄4 cup
• seafoam frosting
• brown sugar↗3⁄4 cup

  packed

• corn syrup, light↗1⁄4 cup
• egg whites↗2
• tablespoons water↗2
• teaspoon salt↗1⁄4
• teaspoon cream of tartar↗1⁄4
• teaspoon vanilla↗1⁄2

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   CAKE:.

2. 2

   Grease and flour 2 (8 or 9 in) cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. 3

   In a med bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt; set aside.

4. 4

   In a lg bowl, cream shortening until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and continue to cream until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add bananas and blend.

5. 5

   In a sm bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla. Add buttermilk mixture alternately with dry ingredients to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

6. 6

   Stir in nuts and pour batter into preparted pans and bake 30-35 minutes. Cool. Frost with Frosting below.

7. 7

   FROSTING:.

8. 8

   In the top of a double boiler, combine brown sugar, syrup, egg whites, water, salt and cream of tarter.

9. 9

   Place over a pan of rapidly boiling water. Cook, beating with electric mixer or rotary beater, until mixtures stands in peaks. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and continue beating until spreading consistency.