Banana Poppy Seed Bundt Cake With Chocolate Glaze Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs, milk, oil, poppy seeds, extracts and flavoring. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture until blended., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, pudding mix and poppy seeds. Make a well in the center and pour in water, oil, and eggs. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking pan (set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• In a bowl sift both flours, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
• In another small bowl mix the buttermilk with the mashed banana; set aside.
• Cream the butter, oil, both sugars and vanilla together until fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in the eggs, one at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Add in the banana/buttermilk mixture; beat until combined.
• Add in the poppy seeds.
• Add in the flour mixture to the creamed mixture with a wooden spoon ONLY until combined (do not over mix!).
• Transfer batter to prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until cake test done.
• Frost with favorite cream cheese frosting or dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Mash bananas with a potato masher until all large pieces are broken down (or you can use a blender and puree the bananas) - you should receive about 1 cup of banana total. If not, then add enough banana to equal one cup.
• Cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and grated lemon peel until blended.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Beat the bananas into the wet ingredients alternately with the dry ingredients -- repeating twice ending with dry ingredients.
• Hand stir in the poppy seeds.
• Pour into a well-greased (or sprayed) 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350* F for 50-60 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean. (The original recipe called for 60-70 minutes but mine is usually done before 60 minutes).
• Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to completely cool.