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]
→ 25 CommentsCategories:DIY, food, personal work
September 30th, 2009 at 9:17 am
um. you are awesome. love that recipe card!!
September 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
oh, yum.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Thank you Ellie! yum…I will make some for my birthday too.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:52 am
It’s so pretty – you definitely improved it!
Thanks for sharing, El.
Love,
Aunt Anita
September 30th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Oh my! That looks deliciously fantastic.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:05 am
looks delicious and so pretty!
xo
kelly
September 30th, 2009 at 10:36 am
wow, that looks insanely delicious!
September 30th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Oh my goodness YUM! I love the whole recipe card concept but I am lazy
September 30th, 2009 at 11:00 am
That looks so yummy and sinful!!
I can’t wait to give it a try ;)
September 30th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Um…..YUM!!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Definitely looks a whole lot better than the one my girls and I made this morning…wanna swap?
Thanks for sharing!
Char
September 30th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
This looks delicious! I must make it this weekend! Thanks for printing those pretty recipe cards :)
September 30th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
This looks so good. Next time I need my cake fix, I know what I’m making. Thanks Ellie and Aunt Anita.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Now that is quite the cake. Thanks for download.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Now can we eat it?? ;)
September 30th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
This looks so great, cannot wait to try it!
September 30th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
yummy yum!
September 30th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Swoonsome!
September 30th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I am going to dream of this tonight, and then hopefully make it tomorrow!
October 1st, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I don’t know what looks better… the cake or the photography!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Wow, 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!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Ohmygoshthatlookssoamazing! My stomach hurts (in good way) just looking at it. :D
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 am
I can’t wait to make it. It looks yummy!
October 5th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Wow, Ellie! It looks gorgeously delicious!
October 6th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
looks delicious. so does that font – can you tell me what font you used for the title please?