Now is truly a designer handbag! And if it tastes as good as it looks, a real winner.

No cake for breakfast??? isn't that part of the birthday ritual? Bananas are too a fruit!

Annie, you're just too clever! Clearly your daughters caught have the same gene! 8-D

Super cute cake! It's a smart girl who loves purses AND bacon AND tutus.

I remember that recipe. I've not made it but perhaps I should. :)

Eileen

I tried to find this recipe; I really did, but the search function was not helpful in the slightest.

Could you repost the banana cake recipe or direct me to where I could find it?

Thank you so much.

That is an AWESOME looking cake. Thanks for sharing.

Moni

Cute and right in style!

Jillian's a bacon bagger babe; a girl after my own heart.

Pretty purse and pretty recipient.

Sol

Annie you are so smart!! I love the cake, the tutus and especially that precious little girl.

happygram, I'd be glad to reporst that recipe. It's nice and light and kind of fluffy, not dense like banana bread at all.

Well, it isn't supposed to be. mine was not as light as it usually is because I was at Elery's. I have a very cheap gas stove/oven that I'm used to. it's been repaired a couple of times but works fine withjust a couple of "glitches". Elery has a very expensive five burner stove with a convection oven. Nothing ever turns out right for me in that oven, I hate it. I definitely do NOT want one when we build the house!

Anyway, the recipe, I double it for a 9x13 or 2 nine inch rounds.

Banana Cake (Rose Levy Berenbaum�s Cordon Rose Cake)
Jgarner-Cooking Forum

(good as layer cake, elegant, delicate texture)
mix together:
sifted cake flour 2 cups (200 g)
sugar 3/4 c + 2 Tbs (170g)
baking soda 1 tsp
baking powder 3/4 tsp
salt 1/2 tsp
puree together:
2 large ripe bananas 1 c (227 g)
sour cream 2 Tbs or up to 1/2 c (30 g to 121 g)
2 large eggs 2 (100 g)
grated lemon zest 2 tsp
(I left this out since I don't like the flavor of lemon with banana)
vanilla 1-1/2 tsp
soften:
Butter 10 Tbs (5 oz) (142 g)
Add butter and half of pureed mixture to dry ingredients in stand mixer and mix at medium with paddle for 1-1/2 minutes. Scrape bowl and add rest of banana mixture in two batches, mixing 20 seconds after each addition. Pour into 9"x2" round pan (I just lined the bottom with parchment, no spray or butter) and bake at 350 F for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in pan and then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
Hint: Use smallest amount of sour cream and 3 bananas for more pronounced banana flavor
Cream Cheese Icing
Cream cheese, softened 8 oz.
Butter, softened 5 TBS (2.5 oz)
Sour cream 1 Tbs
Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp.
Rum 1 Tbs
Powdered sugar 1 1/4 C (5 oz)
Process (yeah, the food processor) or beat cream cheese, butter, sour cream, and vanilla until smooth. Add powdered sugar and pulse until smooth. Makes enough to frost the top of a 9x13 sheet cake.

Happy baking!

Annie

Annie, I think I see a second career for you!

I was thinking, so how could one combine purses and bacon??? Make a bacon cake? And then I saw that you thought of that too. HA! I love love love her solution. Much more better than my idea! What a cutie.

Great job on her purse cake. Nice. Let 'em eat cake! You only live once.

Annie - Your fondant work keeps getting better. Nice job - I'm not surprised the birthday girl loved it!

Two year olds are the best.

THanks everyone.

FOAS, the fondant is kind of fun to work with, as soon as I figured out how not to tear it or nick it or have it stick. It's kind of like playdough. Unfortunately, it kind of tastes that way too, all of it is just icky. Kids love it, though, all sugar and corn syrup.

Nope, Jessica, no second career. I like to play with the cakes when I want to and make what I want to. I don't want some overbearing bridezilla all ticked off because the cake is 1/2 layer shorter than she envisioned, or the diva mother of some 16 year old demanding that I add or substract or fix some imaginary flaw.

I just like to play with the fondant, bake the cakes and make the kids happy. I don't have the patience to actually do this for money, I only do it for friends and family. They know if they complain at all, no more cake!

momj47, two year olds ARE the best, next to three year olds and four year olds and....well, you know.

Annie

Thank you so very very much. The banana cake I make will never be as gorgeous as the one you made, but, thanks to you, it'll be delicious.

Little girls are wonderful...and so are little boys. Being a grandparent is every bit as fun as I thought it would be. You're so lucky your little ones are around for you to love and spoil. (spoil?)

Very impressive cake Annie, the tutus as wonderful also !!

Annie, I wish I have your skills, I would do much better in food decorating. Fantastic work!

dcarch

Amazing, Annie. Elery's little granddaughter is a cutie.

I want cake for breakfast now. And bacon.

And I want a tutu.

LOL, Eileen, I could get Ashley to make you one, but only if you promise to post a picture wearing it.

I always want cake for breakfast. (sigh) Unfortunately, even with bananas I can't justify that.

Annie

Very clever and cute, Annie. Oh, and your cake is too!

Sally

If my daughter carried a purse, she'd put bacon in it too. And she's 11!

Great job, Annie!