Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Sometimes a good recipe, even when it is not necessarily

an exceptional one, can become something special when it connects

to a memory.

Once this happens it may even move forward to be added into a

new family cookbook to make more future memories.

This recipe was not one of my mother’s. I first had this cake

sometime after I had finished college and was visiting an old

friend from childhood who had recently married.

The recipe was one his wife knew well and after enjoying a nice

dinner we made this cake and frosting together for dessert.

Over the years since, I have lost touch with my friend, but anytime

I have a couple of overripe bananas, this recipe with its memories

comes to mind as something easy and delicious that I can easily make.

Cream together:

½ cup butter

1 ½ cup sugar

2 large eggs

Fold in dry alternating with wet:

2 cups sifted flour

¼ tsp. baking powder

¾ tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

¼ cup sour milk or buttermilk

1 cup mashed banana

1 tsp. vanilla

Bake 30~35 minutes at 3500. Makes 2 8-inch layers or cupcakes.

Chocolate Frosting Beat together:

3 oz. melted bitter chocolate

1 beaten egg

¾ cup evaporated milk

¼ cup water

1 cup sugar

Combine with chocolate & steam in a double boiler for 20 minutes or until it thickens.

巧克力類的甜點一向是Day的最愛,只要有巧克力的他是來者不拒.

我則恰恰相反,這回Curtis說好久沒做巧克力類的甜點了,

他問我會幫忙吃一些嗎?看他如此的想念巧克力我也不好意思拒絕他.

聽到我說可以啊!他歡天喜地的做了這道香蕉巧克力蛋糕~~

蠻好吃的,但是我真的不是巧克力type的人.