Banana-Pecan Spice Cake

• 12 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package spice cake mix
• 13 cup canola oil
• 1 13 cups water
• 3 eggs
• 1 large ripe banana, mashed, about 3/4 cup
• 1 cup mini chocolate chip
• 3 (16 ounce) cans vanilla frosting
• chocolate dipped pecans (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
3. Spread pecans over ungreased baking sheet.
4. Bake 3-4 minutes until lightly browned.
5. Cool.
6. At low speed beat cake mix, oil, water, eggs and banana 30 seconds.
7. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes.
8. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.
9. Divide batter between pans.
10. Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean.
11. Cool on racks 20 minutes.
12. Remove from pans; cool completely on racks.
13. Transfer 1 cup frosting to pastry bag fitted with star tip.
14. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting.
15. Top with remaining cake layer.
16. Spread cake with remaining frosting.
17. Pipe rosettes onto cake.
18. Garnish with pecans, if desired.

pecans, cake mix, canola oil, water, eggs, banana, chocolate chip, vanilla frosting, chocolate

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/banana-pecan-spice-cake-295739 (may not work)