Aunt Teresa’s Banana Nut Cake – Making things to eat.

Grease and Flour
2 — 9 inch pans or 1 — 13 x 9 inch oblong pan
Sift together:
2½ cups sifted flour
1⅔ cups sugar
1¼ Tsp Baking Powder
1¼ Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Salt
Add
⅔ Cup Shortening
⅓ Cup Buttermilk
1¼ Cup Mashed Bananas
Beat 2 minutes
Add:
3 eggs and another 1/3 cup buttermilk
Fold in:
⅓ ups finely chopped nuts
Pour into prepared pans.
Bake until cake tests done.
Cool.
Finish with icing or Frost with whipped cream. Decorate with banana slices
Temperature: 350º Moderate Oven
Bake Layers about 35 minutes
Oblong 45-50 minutes

Grease and Flour
2 — 8 inch pans or 1 — 9 inch square pan
Sift together:
2 cups sifted flour
1¼ cups sugar
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Salt
Add:
⅓ Cup Soft Shortening
½ Cup Buttermilk or sour milk
1 Cup Mashed Bananas
1 egg
Beat 2 minutes
Optional—
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Pour into prepared pans.
Bake until cake tests done.
Cool.
Finish with icing or Frost with whipped cream. Decorate with banana slices
Temperature: 350º Moderate Oven
Bake Layers about 35 minutes
Oblong 45-50 minutes

Into 2½ tablespoons flour, blend ½ cup milk.
Cook to a very thick paste, stirring constantly.
Cool to lukewarm.
Meanwhile:
Cream ½ cup shortening (half butter) with
½ cup granulated sugar
¼ tsp salt
Add lukewarm paste.
Beat with rotary beater until fluffy.
Add:
2 cups powdered sugar
½ tsp vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts. and Blend well.
I use mixer, it comes out nice and fluffy.