Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients
34 cup unsalted butter softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs room temperature
112 cups mashed ripe bananas 2 to 3 large
112 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
112 teaspoons baking powder
112 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
34 cup buttermilk
34 cup chopped unsalted pistachios toasted
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
2 containers 8 ounces each whipped cream cheese room temperature
12 cup butter softened
12 cup baking cocoa
412 cups confectioners sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy 57 minutes. Add eggs1 at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour baking powder baking soda and salt add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk beating well after each addition. Fold in 34 cup pistachios.

Transfer to 2 greased and floured 8in. round baking pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean 4555 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting in a large bowl beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add cocoa mix until blended. Add confectioners sugar and vanilla beat until creamy.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate spread top with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Spread top and sides with 2 cups frosting.
Decorate cake as desired with remaining frosting. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until frosting is set.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice 606 calories 28g fat 16g saturated fat 111mg cholesterol 510mg sodium 85g carbohydrate 62g sugars 2g fiber 7g protein.