BANANA-CAKE() - BANANA SPLIT CAKE
BANANA SPLIT CAKE - A no-cooking cake with fruit and whipped cream
INGREDIENTS (Crust #1)
- 180 g (2 cups)
- graham cracker crumbs
- 60 g (¼ cup)
- margarine
PROCEDURE (making crust #1)
- (1)
-
Mix and press in bottom of a
20μ30
pan. Bake 10 minutes at
175°C .
Cool.
INGREDIENTS (Crust #2)
- 200 g (2 cups)
- all-purpose flour
- 95 g (½ cup)
- sugar
- 240 g (1 cup)
- soft margarine
- (1)
- egg,
slightly beaten
- 2.5 ml (½ tsp)
- vanilla
PROCEDURE (making crust #2)
- (1)
-
Blend all ingredients thoroughly. Pat dough on bottom of a pan.
- (2)
-
Bake at
200°C
for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
INGREDIENTS (Crust #3)
- (32)
- Oreo cookies
- 160 g (2/3 cup)
- melted margarine
PROCEDURE (making crust #3)
- (1)
-
Crush cookies and mix them with the margarine.
Press mixture in bottom of pan.
INGREDIENTS (Filling for 1 cake)
- 120 g (½ cup)
- margarine
- 350 g (2 ½ cups)
- powdered sugar
- (2)
- eggs
- (4-5)
- bananas,
sliced lengthwise
- 600 g (20 oz)
- chunk pineapple,
drained
- 600 g (4 cups)
- whole strawberries
- 250 ml (1 cup)
- whipping cream
-
- chopped nuts
PROCEDURE
- (1)
-
Whip margarine/sugar/egg mixture with electric mixer and spread over cooled
crust.
- (2)
-
Place bananas, cut side down, on top of above layer.
- (3)
-
Spread on the pineapple chunks, then the strawberries.
- (4)
-
Whip the cream, cover the whole dish with whipped cream, and sprinkle with
nuts.
- (5)
-
Refrigerate 4 hours before serving.
RATING
Difficulty:
easy.
Time:
20 minutes preparation, 4 hours cooling.
Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
CONTRIBUTOR
Peggy B. Gillenwater
Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
peggy@noscvax.UUCP