Banana Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. 2
   Sift dry ingredients together, set aside.
3. 3
   Cream shortening and sugar.
4. 4
   Add eggs and buttermilk to sugar mixture.
5. 5
   Combine dry ingredients into wet.
6. 6
   When incorporated, stir in mashed banana.
7. 7
   Pour batter into a greased, floured tube pan (angel food cake pan).
8. 8
   Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
9. 9
   Cool slightly, run knife around edges of pan to loosen cake, remove cake from pan.
10. 10
    Finish cooling cake on a wire rack.
11. 11
    Slice into wedges.