Banana Cake (MacsMom)
1 box banana cake mix - couldn’t find banana, so I used a white mix (2 boxes in total)
1 box white cake mix
6 eggs
2 ¼ c cake flour
2 1/3 c sugar
1 ½ t salt
1 pkg banana pudding mix - used a large, 5oz box
2 (6oz) containers banana yogurt - used banana baby food (stage 2) instead
1-1/3 c vanilla coffee creamer
1-1/3 c water
1 T vanilla – also added 4 drops (medicine dropper) of the Banana Crème LorAnn Oil
3 very ripe bananas – used 2 ripe bananas since I was using the baby food instead of the yogurt
1/2 c butter, softened – used unsaltedMix all dry ingredients by hand using a whisk in a very large mixing bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat on low speed for 2 minutes (I like to mix all the wet ingredients together first then add it to the dry ingredients).
Bake at 325 degrees
Notes:
Cupcakes baked 19 minutes
9” Round Pan baked 30 minutesWith this recipe, using 2” tall pans, I was able to make…
2 - 9” rounds plus 28 cupcakes or
2 - 9” rounds plus 2 - 6” rounds plus 5 cupcakes
As for the ganache, weigh the ingredients instead of measuring it.
Ratio is 2:1 chocolate to cream (dark and white chocolate), 3:1 ratio for milk chocolateSemi/Bitter Sweet Chocolate Ganache
24oz Ghirardeli 60% Cocao Bittersweet Chocolate
24oz Ghirardeli Semi-Sweet Chocolate
24oz Heavy Cream

When covering the cake with fondant, cover the cake with ganache and let it set overnight before laying the fondant over it.
With this recipe, I was able to have enough ganache to fill and cover a 9" round and a 6" round with 3 layers of filling each.
Sorry, I don't have pictures of the process...at least for now :)
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