Banana Cake!

One day rummaging through  my pantry, I came across a HUGE can of banana puree!
Eager to experiment, other than banana bread, I came up with a banana cake & cream cheese frosting!
I hope your family can enjoy this just as much as mine!

The recipe is as follows:

1 ½ cups banana puree

2 teaspoons lemon juice

3 cups flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup butter , softened

2 ¹⁄₈; cups sugar

3 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 ½ cups buttermilk

 1/2 cup of sour cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 275°.
2. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
3. In a small bowl, mix banana puree with the lemon juice; set aside.
4. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
5. In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Beat in eggs, one at a time, stir in 2 tsp vanilla, then fold in sour cream.
7. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
8. Stir in banana mixture.
9. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
10. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
11. For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
12. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla
13. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
14. Spread on cooled cake