The Recipe
Monkey Cake
COOK TIME : a few secondsPREP TIME : a few seconds
From Martha Stewart
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Ingredients
DESCRIPTION
An animal theme can really get things swinging at a kid's birthday party. Indulge your child's penchant for monkey business with a fanciful banana cake with chocolate buttercream icing shaped and decorated to look like a curious friend.
INGREDIENTS
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
- 3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for dusting
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 very ripe, large bananas, mashed (about 1 1/3 cups)
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup chopped pecans, optional
- Fluffy Chocolate and Yellow Buttercreams
- 2 black-licorice drop candies
- Black-licorice rope, for decorating
DIRECTIONS
NUTRITION
| Calories | 0 | 0% | |
| Cholesterol | 0 | 0% | |
| Carbohydrates | 0 | 0% | |
| Fat | 0 | 0% | |
| Protein | 0 | 0% |
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