Banana Cake

1 ¼ cup white sugar
1 cup sour or buttermilk
½ cup butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 ½ cups flour
3 bananas
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp table salt


Prepare two 9 inch cake pans by greasing them with solid shortening and flouring them.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix flour with all of the dry ingredients and whisk to incorporate.
Mash 3 bananas in a medium sized bowl.
Cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat until fluffy.
Add buttermilk and vanilla to the bananas and mix well.
Fold banana mixture into the sugar, butter and eggs and mix well.
Slowly fold flour mixture into the other ingredients. Fold until all ingredients are moist.
Pour batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for 30 minutes. Make adjustments to baking time according to your own oven.