->Banana 01 <-

2/3 cup shortening

2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour

1 2/3 cups sugar

1 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 1/4 cups mashed fully ripe bananas

2/3 cups buttermilk

2 eggs

2/3 cup chopped walnuts (opt.)

Place shortening in mixing bowl. Sift in dry ingredients. Add

bananas and 1/3 cup of the buttermilk. Mix until moistened; beat

2 minutes at medium. And the other

1/3 cup of buttermilk and the

2 more minutes. Fold in chopped walnuts. Bake in

9-inch cake pans at

350F for about minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pans, remove from pans and cool

completely.