Banana Cake (no cinnamon)

This recipe is similar to Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. It does not use Cinnamon.

Ingredients

Flour - 3 cups
Bananas - 3 ripe medium mashed, approximately 1 1/2 cups
Buttermilk - 1 1/2 cups (milk + 2 TBSP lemon juice)
Butter - 3/4 cup , room temp
Brown sugar - 1 cup
Granulated sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 3 (or use 3/4 apple sauce for egg-free)
Vanilla extract - 1 TBSP
Salt - 1 tsp
Baking soda -1 1/2 tsp

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. Coat three 8 inch or two 9 inch round cake pans with nonstick spray. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl combine the milk and lemon juice. Stir and set aside.
4. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and both sugars on medium speed for 2 minutes.
5. Add in the eggs (or apple sauce), vanilla, salt and baking soda and mix until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
6. Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour and milk in alternating additions, beginning and ending with flour, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
7. Finally mix in the bananas until just incorporated.
8. Divide the batter among the pans and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, rotating the pans in the oven half-way through baking.
9. Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 15-20 minutes and then remove from the pans and place on a wire rack to cool completely.