An Actual Banana Split Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (3 medium plus 1 more for garnish)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, in juice- drain well
• 1 (11 ounce) jar chocolate fudge topping
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts

Recipe

• 1 banana layer cake:.
• 2 grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• 3 mix flour, sugar, baking powder. baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• 4 add to flour mixture banana, buttermilk, shortening, eggs and vanilla.beat on medium speed 3 minutes.
• 5 pour evenly into prepared pans.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 7 cool 10 minutes and remove from pans.
• 8 finish cooling completely.
• 9 using a long serrated knife, cut each layer of cake in half. set aside.
• 10 sweetened whipped cream:.
• 11 in a chilled mixing bowl (clean and free of any grease) combine 1 cup whipping cream and 1 tablespoon sugar. beat with chilled beaters of mixer on low to medium speed until soft peaks form (tips will curl). do not over beat.
• 12 divide whipped cream in half. fold strawberries into one half and drained pineapple into the other half.
• 13 heat and stir fudge over low heat until just warm.
• 14 assemble:.
• 15 place 1st layer of cake on platter, top with strawberry cream spreading to the edge.
• 16 place 2nd layer on top of 1st. spread 1/2 of warm fudge,let some of it drizzle down the sides. sprinkle with 1/2 of peanuts.
• 17 place 3rd layer on top of 2nd. top with pineapple cream spreading to edge.
• 18 place 4th layer on top of 3rd. spread remaining warm fudge over, again letting some drizzle down sides. sprinkle with remaining peanuts. garnish with last banana sliced.
• 19 serve immediately or refrigerate.