Categories: Cakes, Company Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 whole egg
• 2 eggs separated
• 1 cup bananas mashed
• 2 cups flour sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup pecans chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ICING:
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg whites
• 8 large marshmallows
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

1. Cream shortening and sugar, add one whole egg and 2 yolks.

2. Beat well, add bananas, add sifted dry ingredients, alternately with buttermilk.

3. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold in egg whites.

4. Stir in nuts and vanilla.

5. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes.

6. ICING: Bring to boil first three ingredients. Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 3 tablespoons of hot syrup into egg whites and marshmallows. Boil syrup until it spins a thread 4 to 6 inches long. Pour over egg whites, beat until marshmallows dissolve and icing is fluffy.

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