Banana Spice Cake

• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted softened (or vegetable shortening)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, light firmly packed
• 1 large eggs
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 each bananas ripe, mashed
• 1 1/2 cup flour, unbleached all-purpose
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground

1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
2. Coat a 8 inch round or square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
3. In a large mixing bowl, with electric mixer, cream butter and brown sugar.
4. Beat in egg, buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed banana until blended.
5. In a bowl, combine dry ingredients and spices.
6. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until moistened.
7. Do not overbeat.
8. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
9. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden skewer poked into middle of cake comes out clean.
10. Cool in pan on wire rack for about 20 minutes.
11. Can be left in pan or inverted onto cake plate.
12. Can be frosted, but I serve it plain, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or drizzle of caramel ice cream topping.

butter, brown sugar, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, bananas, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon ground, cloves ground, nutmeg ground

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/banana-spice-cake-51664 (may not work)