We start out making this cake by creaming the butter and sugar together. For new bakers, you don’t just mix it, you keep beating it until it is well incorporated and creamy. After they are creamed you add the eggs one at a time, mix till each egg is incorporated and then add the vanilla. Next the flour and buttermilk are added alternately, always start and end with the flour. Add a 1/3 of the flour – 1/2 of the buttermilk – another 1/3 of the flour – the last half of the buttermilk and then the final 1/3 of flour. Only beating until each ingredient is incorporated. That’s the trick to a nice soft cake.
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Best Ever Banana Cake
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons of sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup heavy cream, plus more as necessary
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 (16-ounce) box confectioners’ sugar
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