Ingredients:

1.5 cups very ripe bananas (3 fresh bananas or 4 thawed, previously frozen bananas)

2 tsp lemon juice

3 cups all-purpose flour / plain flour

1.5 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

¾ cup soft butter

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1.5 cups buttermilk (or milk soured with one tbsp vinegar or lemon juice)

½ cup softened butter (icing)

8 oz cream cheese, room temp. (icing)

1 tsp vanilla (icing)

3.5 cups icing sugar (icing)

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and flour (or spray), a 9 x 13 cake pan. Mash banana and mix with lemon juice. Set aside.

2. In a med bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. If you're making your own buttermilk, combine milk and vinegar (or lemon juice) in a small bowl, and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in bananas. Pour into cake pan.

4. Bake 1 hour and 10 mins (or until knife comes out clean). Immediately place in freezer for 45 minutes. (if not completely cool upon removal from freezer, let cool further before icing).

5. To make crean cheese icing. In a bowl beat cream cheese and sugar together. Beat in vanilla and icing sugar on low until combined, then high until smooth.

Bon Appetit!