Makeover Old-Fashioned Banana Cake Recipe

Makeover Old-Fashioned Banana Cake Recipe

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 2 cups banana, diced
  • 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Beat into dry ingredients just until combined. Stir in pineapple. Fold in the bananas, cherries and walnuts.
  2. Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust with flour. Add the batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
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