BANANA CAKE ALOHA OE WITH BANANA FROSTING

FOR THE CAKE:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas, divided use
1/4 cup buttermilk (or sour milk)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
FOR THE FROSTING:
1/2 cup mashed bananas
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 cup butter, softened
3.1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted, divided use

TO MAKE THE CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two (8-inch round) cake pans.

Cream sugar and shortening together. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg addition.

Combine 1 cup mashed bananas, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla; add to creamed mixture.

Sift flour with baking powder and salt and add to the mixture. Pour into prepared cake pans.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes. Cool slightly, remove from pans and place on wire racks to finish cooling.

TO MAKE THE FROSTING:
Mix the remaining 1/2 cup mashed banana and lemon juice together.

Cream butter with 1 cup powdered sugar, then add banana mixture and remaining powdered sugar until it is of good spreading consistency. Use to frost cooled cake layers.

Adapted from source: Hawaiian Cuisine