Chocolate Banana Layer Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting

What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher who read so little. And perhaps, by neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively, but not deep; there is little variety; there is no compass of thought. Reading only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself greatly by omitting this. You can never be a deep preacher without it, any more than a thorough Christian. Oh begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercise. You may acquire the taste which you have not; what is tedious at first will afterward be pleasant. Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days, and a pretty, superficial preacher. Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer. Take up your cross and be a Christian altogether. Then will all the children of God rejoice (not grieve) over you, and in particular yours.

John Wesley

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Choco1	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Chocolate Layer
1/2	c	Softened butter or margarine
1 1/4	c	Sugar
1	t	Baking soda
1/2	t	Salt
2		Eggs
1	c	Sour cream
3		Squares unsweetened
		chocolate melted
1/4	c	Milk
1	t	Vanilla extract
2	c	Flour
		Banana Layer
1/4	c	Softened butter or margarine
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	t	Baking powder
1/2	t	Baking soda
1/4	t	Salt
1		Egg
2		Ripe bananas, mashed
1/4	c	Sour cream
1/2	t	Vanilla extract
1	c	Flour
		Frosting
1	c	Softened butter or margarine
1	c	Creamy peanut butter
1	lb	Confectioners' sugar, about
		4 cups
1/4	c	Milk
1/2	t	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Chocolate Layer: Heat oven to 350. Grease two 8 x 1 1/2 inch round
cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper, grease paper. Beat butter,
sugar, baking soda and salt until blended. Add eggs one at a time.
Beat in sour cream, chocolate, milk and vanilla. Add flour and beat
just until blended. Pour into pans and smooth tops. Bake 25 to 30
minutes. Cool cakes 10 minutes, run a knife around edge of pans and
invert onto wire racks to cool completely.  Banana Layer: Beat butter,
sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt  until blended. Add egg and
beat 1 minute. Beat in bananas, sour cream  and vanilla. Add flour and
beat just until blended. Prepare 1 cake  pan as for chocolate layer,
pour batter in and bake 25 to 30 minutes  again at 350. Cool same as
chocolate layer.  Frosting: Beat butter until fluffy. Beating until
blended after each  addition, beat in peanut better, 1/2 the
confectioners' sugar, the  milk, vanilla, then the remaining sugar.
Cover with plastic until  ready to use.  To assemble: Place 1 chocolate
layer on a serving plate, spread 1/2  cup frosting on that layer. Top
with banana layer, spread with  another 1/2 cup frosting. Add remaining
chocolate layer, bottom side  up. Spread remaining frosting over top
and sides of cake. Garnish  with peanuts, melted chocolate.  Per
serving: 5591 Calories; 257g Fat (40% calories from fat); 140g
Protein; 736g Carbohydrate; 686mg Cholesterol; 5298mg Sodium  Posted to
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 10685 Calories From Fat: 5614 Total Fat: 644.8g Cholesterol: 764.9mg Sodium: 8679.4mg Potassium: 4420.4mg Carbohydrates: 1147.3g Fiber: 39.5g Sugar: 699.1g Protein: 139.2g