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The most unused and under appreciated appliance in our house
is a large juicer!
Poor thing is so lonely,
because no one wants to play with it.
Last year about this time we (really my husband)
decided that we should incorporate some juice to our diet.
He read about these juice fasts and thought we should try one.
You know the time of year…
it’s when you decide it is time to get healthy
because summer is coming all too quickly.
(something about wearing bathing suits gets you motivated quicker)
We only used it once or twice.
Let me rephrase that…
I only took a sip of one of those.
Want to know why?
Delicious fruits and vegetables become totally destroyed
when their juice is stripped from them.
It was hard to even swallow:-)
In my husband’s words…
“A cucumber tastes like monkey sweat and
a carrot tastes like old dish water.
It is just plain horrible.”
So our juice has been sitting collecting dust under the cabinet.
But we still hold on to the fact that one day we will
take up juicing and it might be magically delicious!
Until then I prefer to eat my fruits in cakes like this!!!
I had bunches of brown bananas to use up like yesterday.
So I instagramed a picture of them and facebooked everyone
asking what I could make with all the bananas rotting on my counter.
You guys are awesome!
I had so many comments about what to make.
But then a good friend from college called me with this recipe…
and I knew this was the one I wanted to try.
It is truly the Best Banana Cake I have ever eaten.
And it was just begging for some sort of chocolate frosting,
and since there was hot fudge in the fridge
I decided to use that some how!
This cake was so good that we devoured it in a day…
and then 3 days later, I made it again for our lifegroup!
Yup, it is that good!
I would make it right now
if I had more brown bananas.
So, I am curious…
do you have any unused appliances collecting dust in your house?
Or are we the only ones?
Banana cake topped with Hot Fudge Butter Cream
Ingredients
For the Cake
1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. flour
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 brown bananas, smashed
For the Butter Cream
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. hot fudge sundae topping, warmed
2 c. powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp. milk
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, salt, and vanilla and beat until creamy. Stir in the bananas.
- Sift the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda together and add to the banana mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
- Place cake mixture into a greased 9×13 pan and bake at 350* for 35 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Frost with Hot Fudge Butter Cream.
- Cream the butter, shortening, vanilla, dash of salt, and warm hot fudge until creamy. Slowly add the powdered sugar until it is all incorporated. Add the milk to thin it out slightly.
For the Cake
For the Butter Cream
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Jocelyn is the baker, photographer, and writer behind Inside BruCrew Life. She is married to her best friend, and they have three great kids. She spends her days baking sweet treats, and then trying to find ways to give the treats away without eating them all. Grab a cup of coffee and visit while she shares life from their kitchen.
First, yummo cake!
Second, want a list of appliances I have that never get used? Rice Cooker, Deep Fryer, bread machine, waffle maker, rotisserie, juicer…and probably more. Those are the ones off the top of my head. I actually have a cabinet for never used small appliances…I really should get rid of them and use that cabinet for other things…anyone want some of these small appliances????
Haha! I have a cabinet for never used small appliances too!!
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I make bread by hand. I love my rice cooker and I use my deep fryer a lot. I use my juicer once in awhile. I will make this cake soon.
I do! Lol recently single and don’t have a toaster lol email me if you are serious!
I would love a new Bread Machine. Mine is wore out!!!
I sold my juicer a few months ago bc it too was very lonely and it needed a good home! I did juice very often with my last pregnancy but after I stopped breastfeeding I stopped juicing. Love your recipe for banana cake! Just made chocolate spiced banana muffins last night for breakfast this morning
I would love for you to stop by my cooking blog sometime! Have a wonderful weekend 
That cake looks so good. I want a slice! I use most of my appliances, but probably the rice maker or the babycakes cake pop maker collect the most dust. I would love Aimee’s deep fryer. Oh the stuff I could do with that! (Like gain 100 pounds…)
This sounds amazing. My husband loves banana in sweets, so I have got to give this a try. Pinned this!
Microwave Rice Cooker, bread machine, waffle iron (very rarely used!)…I must try this cake ASAP!!
My Nannie used to make a banana cake just like that!!! Yum! I’ve never understood the whole juicer thing. I love fruit smoothies, but vegetable juices just don’t sound good!!! My mom gave me a sandwich maker for grilled cheeses and I don’t think I’ve ever used it! How hard is it to just make one on the stove?! Ha! Hope y’all have a great weekend!!!
ooohhh this looks so good and i have a bunch of brown bananas just begging me to do something with them! do you think i could use regular chocolate syrup? like hershey’s?
the only appliance that really goes unused is my wok. i’ll bring it out maybe once or twice a year for stir fry but that’s about it!
Hot fudge frosting = genius! I have a quesadilla maker…why I ever got that thing I’m not sure – anyone can make a quesadilla on the stove.
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
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Great recipe! I use bread maker, rice cooker (it’s really a multi-cooker so can make soups and oatmeal, too), pizza oven, and slow cooker a lot throughout the year. Our juicer does not come out until late December, when our oranges are beginning to ripen. Then we have lots of yummy orange juice. You can try making orange juice from store-bought oranges. Homemade orange juice tastes so much better than store-bought.
1) You always make the most amazing desserts! I want to be your neighbor and hope you share.
2) Moving into an RV helped me to rid myself of unused and even under-used appliances. If it isn’t being used it doesn’t need to be taking up space.
Wonderful and delicious looking cake! I’d really like a slice or two to eat
I love banana cake! It’s one of my favorites. This almost reminds me of a delicious banana cake we used to get as kids but the chocolate frosting is the only difference. Must make!
LOL – I want to know how your husband knows what monkey sweat tastes like!!! That is so funny. The cake looks great. Unused applicances in our house. Sadly – a fondue pot. Never used it – not once. Weird for us. Maybe I will give it a try.
I love banana anything and this looks just divine! Thank you for sharing, pinning it
That looks so good, we end up having over ripe bananas all the time in this house too, and I think I have a bunch right now that are heading in that direction. Might have to try this soon.
http://www.thejohnslife.com/BabycakesBlog/
What to do with overriped bananas is a recurring household problem…
=) I know a lot can relate to this. This recipe is a real lifesaver. Thanks much!
Oh, so yum! I want to give it a try! Will you, pretty please, consider sharing with my readers at http://sassafrassalvation.blogspot.com/2012/02/sasss-sunday-salvation-show-12.html ?
Hugs,
Kathy
Thank you so much for linking up to the Recipe Party @ The Sweet Spot. I hope to see more great recipes from your blog next week!
This cake looks so good. The chocolate frosting looks wonderful…it’s a keeper!! Thanks for coming to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” We hope you’ll join us again next Saturday with more great recipes! -The Sisters
Mmm…banana cake!! I haven’t had it in forever, and guess what I have some banana’s in the freezer just waiting for me to do something with them! Pinning this for later!! Thanks for sharing!!
Bananas are so annoying… they are only “perfect” to eat like less than 24 hours, and then I always have the best intentions to bake with them but always forget. So either I end up with rotting bananas on my counter or in my freezer. Maybe I will buy some just to make this cake!
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Not really an appliance… but I just dragged out my mortar and pestle for the first time probably since I got it, ha!
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