Banana Cake

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 cup shortening
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour,
   sifted before measuring
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg yolks, beaten
- 6 tablespoons buttermilk
   or sour milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup chopped raisins
- 4 egg whites, beaten

PREPARATION:

     Cream shortening and sugar. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with egg yolks and buttermilk. Stir in vanilla, mashed bananas, and chopped pecans.

     Fold in beaten egg whites. Spoon batter into a greased and floured tube pan; bake banana cake at 325° for about 1 1/2 hours.Serve with whipped cream or ice cream. If desired, drizzle cake with glaze or frost when cooled.

Apple Coffee Cake

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 pkg yellow cake mix
- 1 pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 6 apples, peeled, cored, sliced
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped


PREPARATION:

      Preheat oven to 350F, and grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Then add eggs, sour cream and oil. Mix until blended. In another small bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.

      Pour half the batter into the Bundt pan, then a layer of apple slices. Over the apple slices, sprinkle half the walnut mixture. Pour on the remaining batter. Top with the last apple slices and walnut mix. Bake for 1 hour to 70 minutes. Cool for 1/2 hour before removing from the pan.