Tennessee Banana-Black Walnut Cake With Caramel Frosting - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
A delicious layer cake with fresh walnuts and decadent caramel frosting.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, plus 1 teaspoon for cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup black walnuts, chopped, plus 2 cups finely chopped for garnish (optional)
- 1/2 cup butter, (1 stick) softened
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup heavy cream, plus more as necessary
- 1 (16 oz) box confectioner's sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- For the cake: In a medium bowl, stir together flour and baking soda; set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream together shortening and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in mashed bananas, buttermilk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add flour mixture, mix until just combined. Stir in 1 cup black walnuts.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool in pans on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
- Meanwhile, prepare frosting. Melt butter in saucepan. Add brown sugar and cream. Cook over medium-low heat for about 2 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon vanilla. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Using a handheld electric mixer, beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add 1 tablespoon heavy cream at a time until consistency is right. Sandwich 2 layers of cake with icing. Ice the outside of the cake. Surround sides of cake with 2 cups crushed black walnuts.
- *Cook's note: DO NOT substitute English walnuts for black walnuts.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Nuts, Walnuts.
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