Banana Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ⅔ cups granulated sugar
• 1 ¼ cups mashed bananas

  about 3 medium bananas
• ⅔ cup unsalted butter

  at room temperature
• ⅔ cup buttermilk
• 3 large eggs
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
• 2 Grease and flour 3 8-inch round cake pans, tapping out excess flour.
• 3 In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  This helps to aerate the mixture and ensures there are no lumps. Set aside.
• 4 In another mixing bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to cream the butter and sugar
  together until light and fluffy.
• 5 Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition to incorporate air
  into the batter. Add the banana and beat well to combine.
• 6 Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk. Begin
  and end with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined, ensuring not to
  overmix.
• 7 Evenly distribute the batter into the prepared cake pans, smoothing the tops
  with a spatula.
• 8 Bake in the preheated oven for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted
  into the center comes out clean.
• 9 Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before transferring
  them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 10 Once cooled, frost the cake layers with Italian meringue buttercream.
• 11 Stack the layers and frost the outside. Decorate the top with banana chips.

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