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Banana Cake with Almond Buttercream

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If you're clinging to the last few days of summer, while simultaneously excited for the beginning of fall, this Banana Cake with Almond Buttercream is for you!

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This cake is topped with an almond chocolate buttercream and garnished with champagne grapes, fresh figs, kumquats and sliced almonds.

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Usually, banana cake recipes require the use of ripe or "old" bananas. This is due to a number of reasons!

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– Ripe bananas can be used as an egg replacement in baking as they help provide structure as the cake rises

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– The soft consistency makes the bananas much easier to mash uniformly

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– This makes the bananas incorporate more smoothly into your batter

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– Ripe bananas are sweeter and much more full of concentrated flavor as they ripen

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Once your banana skin has a number of brown freckles and large brown spots you know you're ready for them to be used!

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Click the link below for the entire recipe!