spiced banana cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 cup mashed bananas

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
• combine flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium size bowl.
• in a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine. add brown sugar, sugar, allspice and nutmeg; beat until light and fluffy. mix in eggs and vanilla extract. add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture; mix well. add the sour cream; mix well. add another 1/3 of the dry ingredients; mix well. add half of the bananas; mix well. repeat with remaining 1/3 of the dry ingredients and remaining bananas. pour batter into prepared pans.
• bake until cake tests done, about 30 minutes. let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes, and then turn wire rack to cool. frost with allspice cream cheese frosting.