Banana Snack Cake

We went to a house warming party in Baltimore on Sunday for my awesome friend Megan and her fiance Scott. Their place is beautiful, over looking the harbor and boats. Megan is often my inspiration to get involved in things. She is a true leader in women's health, the president of my favorite medical school organization MSFC and will soon be recognized for her amazing talents in a major publication - serious snaps to her! I am lucky to know her and often in awe of how much she accomplishes. Before we left to go to Megan and Scott's I was trying to come up with something to bring. I have this great and easy recipe for Banana Snack Cake. The cake is moist, always tasty and a great way to use up overly ripe bananas. Here is the recipe.

Cake:
3/4 c sugar
1/3 c butter (unsalted, softened)
2-3 ripe bananas
1/4 c butter milk or substitute 1/4 c milk with either 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
1 egg
1 1/4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Frosting:
2 c powdered sugar
2 tbs butter
1 tsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix the ingredients for the cake in a medium sized bowl until well combined. There may still be some lumps from the banana. Pour into a greased 9x9 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool. While the cake is baking make the frosting. Melt the butter and mix with the powered sugar and vanilla. Slowly add the milk until the frosting is the consistency is frosting-like. Add more or less milk as needed. Frost and enjoy.

Picture from The Cutting Edge of Ordinary