Today's bake from Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan is A Big Banana Cake. I made half the recipe, which was plenty for me, baking the cake in two 8" round cake pans. I was surprised that there was no baking powder called for in the recipe, which may have contributed to the cake's different texture.
While I love cookie butter, I can't have it around (for obvious reasons), and, while I considered making it myself (ingredient issues), I chose to use something different. I had some dulce de leche on hand, left over from a previous recipe, so I thought I would give it a try as a substitute, and it worked just fine.
I was also able to use my ingredient-friendly chocolate sprinkles for decoration.
The cake tasted great. I think the allspice really enhanced the flavor of the banana. If I ever have extra bananas hanging around, I will consider making this cake again.
Stop by the Tuesdays with Dorie website to see which treat the other bakers made for today's challenge.
7 comments:
This looks like a perfect cake and I love the idea of dulce de leche!
Your cake looks great. I think I would like dulce de leche better in this cake.
Your cake is beautiful! I'll bet the dulce de leche was delicous.
Good choice in using bakers friendly ingredients. What a beautiful cake!
yes, use what you have-- I bet the DdL made a delicious frosting! I thought the same about the baking powder, btw, and wound up adding some.
Sounds like your dulce de leche substitution worked out well. It looks delicious.
Good to know half the recipe made a nice sized cake! I used half and made 12 cupcakes which also worked out well. Love the look of your frosting!
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