{"id":13762,"date":"2010-05-12T23:13:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T06:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=13762"},"modified":"2010-05-12T23:13:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T06:13:13","slug":"banana-split-three-layer-cake-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/banana-split-three-layer-cake-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Split Three Layer Cake Challenge."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Banana Split\u00a0Cake<\/strong> started out\u00a0as a fun idea, but unfortunately it didn’t quite cross the finish line.\u00a0 Good thing we’re testing out recipes before entering ’em into the 2010 Orange County Fair Culinary Arts Competition<\/a> — This one certainly wouldn’t win a ribbon.\u00a0 The concept is entertaining and it tasted really good, but one can’t submit a Cake looking like this. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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With ripening Bananas and Strawberries on hand and the recent receipt of Southern Living Classic Southern Desserts Cookbook<\/a>, we created a Banana Split Cake<\/strong>.\u00a0 We started with a prepared White Cake Mix evenly divided into 3 round baking pans — Then mashed\u00a0a Banana, pureed a few Strawberries and got out the Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup<\/a>.\u00a0 As shown below, we added each\u00a0respectively to\u00a0the divided mix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We baked\u00a0the Cakes, then set them aside to cool completely — We did get that part right, although it may not look that way.\u00a0 We made an amazing Cream Cheese Frosting from the Southern Living Classic Southern Desserts Cookbook<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s called Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting<\/strong> (p. 37).\u00a0 Before adding the Pecans that are called for in the recipe, we reserved and divided a portion of the Frosting to mix\u00a0pureed Strawberry into one and\u00a0Chocolate Syrup into the other, and then added\u00a0Pecans to the\u00a0remainder and chilled all in the fridge.<\/p>\n

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To\u00a0build our Banana Split Cake,\u00a0start with\u00a0Chocolate Cake on the bottom, then add a\u00a0layer of\u00a0Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, followed by Banana Cake, Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting, and ending with\u00a0Strawberry Cake on top.\u00a0 We then smothered the assembled\u00a0Cake\u00a0with\u00a0Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting.\u00a0 It held together at first, but then you see what happened.\u00a0 We ultimately separated the layers and frosted each\u00a0separately with\u00a0the Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting.\u00a0\u00a0Office co-workers usually don’t care what it looks like.<\/p>\n

Next time we’ll\u00a0add less Strawberry puree and\u00a0Chocolate Syrup to the Frosting and less Frosting in between the layers.\u00a0 We might also want to chill the Frosting a little longer or make more Cake, so the layers aren’t as\u00a0thin.\u00a0 Perhaps we’ll\u00a0add sliced Strawberries and\/or Bananas in between the layers to avoid sliding Cakes.\u00a0 Again, it tasted pretty good, therefore it’s\u00a0worth another try.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> So far we like\u00a0what we see in Classic Southern Desserts Cookbook\u00a0by Southern Living and look forward to making\u00a0the recipes we’ve tabbed in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Banana Split\u00a0Cake started out\u00a0as a fun idea, but unfortunately it didn’t quite cross the finish line.\u00a0 Good thing we’re testing out recipes before entering ’em into the 2010 Orange County Fair Culinary Arts Competition — This one certainly wouldn’t win a ribbon.\u00a0 The concept is entertaining and it tasted really good, but one can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3028,745,3233,178,44,460,1,153,1046,1047,95],"tags":[4173,742,4175,667,4174,4120],"yoast_head":"\nBanana Split Three Layer Cake Challenge. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/banana-split-three-layer-cake-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/banana-split-three-layer-cake-challenge\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/banana-split-three-layer-cake-challenge\/\",\"name\":\"Banana Split Three Layer Cake Challenge. - 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