Ismael loves my pumpkin bread. Even though he insists it is not bread, it's cake. Usually this turns in to an all day cake vs bread debate. Cake, bread, I don't care, it gives me an excuse to break out my vintage 1950s Sunbeam Mixmaster. This is probably one of my favorite vintage items in my kitchen. And it has outlasted both my mother's and my aunts high dollar modern mixers. And that is just since I bought it 3 years ago. I found it at a thrift store for $5. Granted I don't bake as much as I would like, but it really get's a work out around the holidays and birthdays. In the hot summer time, I make lemonade cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Delicious! Here is one of my favorite recipes from an old southern baptist church cookbook I have:
Banana Cake Supreme
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 c. sugar
- 6 mashed bananas (very ripe)
- 1 c. butter, melted
- 2 tsp soda disolved in small amount water
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 3 1/2 c. cake flour
- 1 large pinch salt
- 1 c raisens
- 1 c. chopped nuts
Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat again. Add the melted butter and stir vigorously. Add the mashed bananas and soda. In a seperate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Fold this mixture into the wet batter. Dust the raisins and chopped nuts with flour and add to the mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. Let cool and serve.
Delicious!
Here are some great vintage kitchen goodies to help you make this wonderful cake! Just click the link below each picture to take you to where you too can purchase your own fantastic mixer!
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