aunt anita’s banana amaretto cake
Weekend before last my family visited the NC mountains for my grandfather’s birthday. Not wanting to give him a completely store-bought cake, or spend hours making one from scratch, my Aunt Anita came up with this for his birthday cake. It was so delicious that I decided to make it again and share the recipe with you! I’ve also made some recipe cards that you can download and print at home.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 angel food cake (I bought mine at the grocery store)
• 2 bananas
• 1/2c golden raisins
• 1/3c sliced almonds
• 1 qt. vanilla ice cream
• 1/2c amaretto liqueur
time: 25 minutes plus 20 minutes of freezing
1. Take ice cream out of the freezer to soften.
2. Slice bananas thinly. Mix with raisins and liqueur in a medium bowl and set aside to soak.
3. Slice the angel food cake into three layers using a bread knife. (Make long, slow cuts to avoid breaking the layers).
4. Spread ice cream about 1/2″ thick over first cake layer. Spoon banana mixture on top. Place second cake layer on top and repeat.
5. Place top layer on cake. Spoon banana mixture on top. Garnish with sliced almonds.
6. Freeze for 20 minutes or until serving to firm up the ice cream. (Note: cake settles and gets a little lopsided if it stays in the freezer for much longer than 20 min. Still tasty, just not as pretty!)
You can download a pdf of the recipe cards I made here. There are four to a page, so you can share with three friends!
A big thanks to Aunt Anita for making up this recipe, and sharing it with me!
[more photos on flickr]
Responses to “aunt anita’s banana amaretto cake”
ali
September 30, 2009 at 9:17 amum. you are awesome. love that recipe card!!
erin
September 30, 2009 at 9:21 amoh, yum.
gaye
September 30, 2009 at 9:31 amThank you Ellie! yum…I will make some for my birthday too.
Aunt Anita
September 30, 2009 at 9:52 amIt’s so pretty – you definitely improved it!
Thanks for sharing, El.
Love,
Aunt Anita
Kimberly
September 30, 2009 at 9:56 amOh my! That looks deliciously fantastic.
Kelly
September 30, 2009 at 10:05 amlooks delicious and so pretty!
xo
kelly
Kate
September 30, 2009 at 10:36 amwow, that looks insanely delicious!
PixelHazard
September 30, 2009 at 10:46 amOh my goodness YUM! I love the whole recipe card concept but I am lazy
Tali Schiffer
September 30, 2009 at 11:00 amThat looks so yummy and sinful!!
I can’t wait to give it a try ;)
simplygrove
September 30, 2009 at 11:44 amUm…..YUM!!!!!!!!
Char
September 30, 2009 at 12:35 pmDefinitely looks a whole lot better than the one my girls and I made this morning…wanna swap?
Thanks for sharing!
Char
Emily
September 30, 2009 at 12:45 pmThis looks delicious! I must make it this weekend! Thanks for printing those pretty recipe cards :)
Derek
September 30, 2009 at 1:19 pmThis looks so good. Next time I need my cake fix, I know what I’m making. Thanks Ellie and Aunt Anita.
Jenn
September 30, 2009 at 1:37 pmNow that is quite the cake. Thanks for download.
Brendan
September 30, 2009 at 3:01 pmNow can we eat it?? ;)
The Consummate Hostess
September 30, 2009 at 4:47 pmThis looks so great, cannot wait to try it!
Jacqui
September 30, 2009 at 7:43 pmyummy yum!
Jane Flanagan
September 30, 2009 at 8:57 pmSwoonsome!
Libby
September 30, 2009 at 10:11 pmI am going to dream of this tonight, and then hopefully make it tomorrow!
kelley@myislandwedding
October 1, 2009 at 8:01 pmI don’t know what looks better… the cake or the photography!
Stephanie
October 2, 2009 at 4:58 pmWow, what a great idea. Your aunt is brilliant – and you made it look so gorgeous :) So sweet of you to make up the recipe cards to share too!
Sidney Ann
October 2, 2009 at 10:42 pmOhmygoshthatlookssoamazing! My stomach hurts (in good way) just looking at it. :D
Michelle
October 3, 2009 at 1:16 amI can’t wait to make it. It looks yummy!
Mandi
October 5, 2009 at 2:22 pmWow, Ellie! It looks gorgeously delicious!
Barret
October 6, 2009 at 6:15 pmlooks delicious. so does that font – can you tell me what font you used for the title please?
jean
April 18, 2011 at 10:18 pmjust made it for a get together with friends that included a firepit – everyone loved it! thank you :^)