Banana Cake w/Chocolate Fudge Icing

 Banana Cake w/Chocolate Fudge Icing

CAKE:
1/2 cup of unsalted butter
3/4 cup of granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon of Pure vanilla extract
3 Ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups of All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of Baking soda
1/4 cup of Sour cream
CHOCOLATE FUDGE ICING:
4 ounces of Bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons of  Cocoa
1/3 cup of milk
1/4 cup of unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup of Icing sugar, sifted (more if
1 teaspoon of Pure vanilla extract

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.  Butter a 9 inch springform pan (or heart-shaped pan.) Cream 1/2 cup butter until light. Gradually beat in the granulated sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat after each addition. Beat in 1 tsp. vanilla and the mashed bananas. Sift or mix together the dry ingredients and add to the batter alternately with the sour cream. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan evenly and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the cake springs back when gently pressed in the centre. Cool for 10 minutes and invert. Cool on a wire rack. For the icing, melt the chocolate, cocoa, milk and 1/4 cup butter in the top of a double boiler. Cook until smooth and cool slightly. Beat in the icing sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla. Place the bowl over a larger bowl of ice and water and stir until the icing is spreadable. Ice the cake and decorate as you wish. Yield: One 9 inch Cake. Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: Cooking with Bonnie Stern. Recipe by Cathy Luchettis Hot Flash Cookbook Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@email.msn.com> on May 29, 1998