Chocolate Banana Crumb Cake Recipe 455

Steps:

• preheat oven 350 grease and flour 8x8x2 square pan in bowl with electric mixer,cream butter and the sugar together on high speed for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. With mixer on low, beat in the egg,vanilla,banana and sour cream and mix until combined. Don't worry it may look curdled. In another bowl,sift together the flour,baking powder,baking soda and salt. With the mixer on low,slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones. Scrape into prepared pan and smooth the top. For the streusel,combine the brown sugar,flour,cinnamon,salt and butter in medium bowl and pinch the ingredients together with fingers until the mixture makes crumbles. Add the chocolate and combine. Distribute the streusel evenly over the batter,sprinkle with almonds on top. bake for 40 to 45 minutes,until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. cool in pan.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream margarine with sugar and eggs.
• Mix in banana and vanilla.
• Mix flour with remaining dry ingredients.
• Add flour mixture to margarine mixture in 3 parts, alternately with sour milk.
• Begin and end with flour.
• Spread in 2 greased 8" cake pans.
• Bake in oven about 40 minutes.
• When cool, frost generously with chocolate butter frosting.