Banana Roll
Banana Roll. Got bananas that are threatening to go bad?? Make this Banana Roll for something new and different.
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 very ripe bananas mashed with a potato masher
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6 Tablespoons butter
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- heat oven to 375°
- grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan, line with wax paper
- grease and flour paper
- sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar and set aside
- stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl
- beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick
- beat in mashed bananas
- stir in flour mixture
- spread evenly into prepared pan
- bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched
- immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel
- carefully peel off paper, roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end
- cool on wire rack
- while it cools make the frosting: beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract until smooth,
- beat in 2 cups powdered sugar
- add more powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached
- then carefully unroll the cooled cake
- spread frosting over cake
- re-roll the cake then wrap in plastic wrap and freeze
- when ready to serve remove from the freezer let sit for 5-10 minutes then slice and serve