Recipe By : Jim Fobel, Woman's Day, 2/1/95
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:20
Categories : Cakes
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 c Egg whites
1/2 ts Cream of tartar
2 1/4 c Cake flour
1 tb Baking powder
1 1/4 c Sugar
5 Egg yolk
1 c Banana -- mashed
1/2 c Oil
3 tb Bourbon
1 ts Vanilla
2 tb Bourbon
1 tb Milk
1 1/2 c Confectioner's sugar -- sifted
Strawberries
Banana - sliced
Heat oven to 325°F. Have ready a 10" tube pan with a removable
bottom. Do not grease.
Add cream of tartar to egg whites and beat with an electric mixer
until stiff peaks form. Don't overbeat.
In another bowl, stir flour, sugar, and baking powder until blended.
Make a well in center and in it put the egg yolks, bananas, and oil.
Add water to bourbon to make 1/3 c. Add to well with vanilla. Beat
ingredients in well with electric mixer, gradually beating in dry
ingredients from around edge, just until you have a smooth battter.
Pour 1/3 batter over whites and quickly, but gently, stir until
batter and whites are blended. Repeat twice with remaining batter.
Pour into tube pan.
Bake 55 minutes. Don't open oven door or cake may fall. Increase oven
to 350°F and bake 10 to 15 minutes longer, until pick tests clean in
center. Hang cake upside down and cool completely. Remove cake from
pan.
Glaze:
Heat bourbon and milk to a simmer. Stir in confectioner's sugar until
dissolved. Immediately drizzle over top and sides of cake. Let cool
until glaze sets before garnishing. Cut with a long serrated knife.
