Cake # 6 Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting

It taste like bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

The whole time I was making my cake this morning Ted and I were singing Gwen Stefani's song, needless to say it was hilarious! Ted attributes his ability to spell words to Gwen Stefani and Fergie - but it does have a point, this banana cake is G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. It called for butter, flour, baking powder, sour cream, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, and of course two very ripe bananas. When Ted went to the grocery store last night to pick up some of the supplies we needed, he flipped out when he saw sour cream on the list. He swore that there was no way he would eat this cake. And to top it off (literally) the home-made frosting would have sour cream in it too. I thought it sounded delicious, he wanted to vomit. Refusing to eat any foods that have the word sour in its name, (sour patch kids, sour beef and dumplings, sweet and sour sauce, and most especially sour cream) Ted has, up until now, thought that he has led a food-filling life. Thankfully, as his wife, I make it my daily mission to prove him wrong.

I made Ted taste the batter (something he normally loves to do) and he crinkled his nose and shook his head, of course, I made him taste it anyway. To his ultimate surprise and said, "Bananas! It takes like bananas." (Gwen Stefani's song is on repeat in my head at this point.) Holding back the rush of snarky comments, No Duh a Banana cake tastes like bananas, I smiled and said, "Let Evie have a taste."

My daughter is 100% Ted, and I couldn't be more happier. She is happy and carefree, rarely gets mad - though she does have an attitude like her daddy-, she is content by herself or with people, she loves all people, and she laughs all the time. It makes me glad that she took on his tendencies and not my neurotic, stressful, Type A personality. Besides also having incredibly flat (and stinky) feet like Ted, she shares his appetite. I have never seen a baby enjoy food more than her. The noises she makes when she eats would put Julia Child, Emeril, and Buddy Valastro's Mmms to shame. So when she took a bite - and I can say bite now because her first tooth just came in three days ago! - She made the biggest Mmmm you could imagine, so I knew the cake would taste great.

While the cake was baking, Ted and I made the caramel icing, a simple recipe of butter, light brown sugar, sour cream, and sugar.

Here is what the cake looks like in the book:

Ans here is our cake:

We have been told by certain members of Ted's Social Studies department that they were pretty peeved at Ted for not bringing the cakes to school. I mean seriously what were you doing with all those cakes? Ted told them that he was eating them all by himself. Which for the last few cakes, have been completely true. I only eat a bite of a piece, or one piece max, why? The secret is out - I don't like cake. But I love to make it. Next week we are making a Sponge Roll, (it has raspberry on the inside, I love raspberries!) so maybe because it is not technically a cake, I will like it.

Until next week, happy baking!