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Monday, July 6, 2009

Just when the bananas on my shelf were planning their revolt (I always forget how quickly bananas spoil in the summer), I decided to try Donna Hay's Banana Cake.

And, of course, it's a Bundt. I think the intervention is coming soon...

Everything comes together pretty quickly. I left the butter and eggs out overnight so I could make it half-asleep this morning.

Donna has a caramel sauce of brown sugar and cream...but I didn't have the cream so I made a powdered sugar, milk and vanilla simple glaze. A glaze made of powdered sugar and maple syrup would be awesome as well.

My co-workers said, "Banana...GREAT!" I tried to tell a few of them that is wasn't health food (one stick butter, three eggs and 3/4 c sour cream)... but they just saw the banana.

Heck, I'm with them. This cake is totally on the my food pyramid.

To Southern California Friends:
If you are in town this weekend (July 11-12), check out the Renegade Craft Fair in downtown Los Angeles. My friend, JustJenn is one of the exhibitors!

Recipe:
Banana Cake from Donna Hay's Simple Essentials: Fruit, page 76
These blogs have the recipe posted:
Banana Cake Recipes
Piggy's Cooking Journal (in metric)
Cooked from the Heart

23 comments:

Audrie said... [Reply to comment]: That looks so good! I make banana bread whenever I have overripe bananas... sometimes I think my husband purposely doesn't eat them lol; July 6, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Susan @ My Wholefood Family Essentials said... [Reply to comment]: gorgeous photos! that cake is totally droolworthy; July 7, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Nithya said... [Reply to comment]: Looks absolutely yummy.. really can resist.. :); July 7, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Engineer Baker said... [Reply to comment]: Dang you and your bundts! They just slay me; now all I want to do is go home and make a bundt cake, preferably banana.; July 7, 2009 at 5:00 AM
kdiddy said... [Reply to comment]: yum! looks delicious.

whenever I make a baked good with banana or pumpkin or anything like that, I have one co-worker who seriously assumes that if there's fruit involved then it's healthy.; July 7, 2009 at 5:04 AM
Patsyk said... [Reply to comment]: I agree, bananas to tend to brown up so much faster in the summer. I'm always looking for new ways to use them up... this looks perfect!; July 7, 2009 at 5:24 AM
Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]: OMG, I haven't had breakfast yet and this looks so delicious that I am now drooling for a big slice with a tall glass of cold milk. How sad that I have to resort to plain 'ole (sprayed) cereal. Boo, hoo. Your admiring fan, Racheal; July 7, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Maria said... [Reply to comment]: I love banana recipes, the cake looks great!; July 7, 2009 at 7:03 AM
Janssen said... [Reply to comment]: Oh my word, this looks amazing!; July 7, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Creative Classroom Core said... [Reply to comment]: Gorgeous presentation - looks beautiful!; July 7, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Cathy said... [Reply to comment]: This looks delicious! And I have overripe bananas on my counter at this very moment - hooray!; July 7, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]: What a great recipe! I will have to give this a try:); July 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM
steph- whisk/spoon said... [Reply to comment]: super-beautiful! i love bundts!; July 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]: The banana cake looks delicious.

I'm driving to LA on Saturday for a class, so I'll actually be in town. The fair sounds interesting. I'll see if I can work it into my schedule.; July 7, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Snooky doodle said... [Reply to comment]: this banana bread looks awesome. I like icing drizzle . Looks so nice.; July 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]: Stop by and see me, I might have cookies...; July 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM
halo said... [Reply to comment]: Looks delicious...of course everything you create looks and tastes amazing. The cinnamon chocolate bundt is now a family favourite.

If you love this one please give this a try~it's absolutely AMAZING!!!
http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/banana-date-loaf/; July 7, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Patricia @ ButterYum said... [Reply to comment]: Looks absolutely fabulous!; July 7, 2009 at 3:52 PM
eatme_delicious said... [Reply to comment]: I love seeing all the bundts you make! I don't make enough.; July 7, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Pamela said... [Reply to comment]: I've got some bananas revolting on me as I write this. Looks wonderful.; July 8, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Steph said... [Reply to comment]: I wish I could make bundts as often as you do, but they're huge and I can't finish the whole thing myself! 1 stick of butter isn't so bad!; July 8, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Rachel said... [Reply to comment]: I NEVER use my bundt pan but I think you might have finally gotten me on this one...I love anything banana and this looks delish!; July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Eliana said... [Reply to comment]: I absolutely love your bundt cakes. They always look so elegant.; July 12, 2009 at 8:09 PM