 Colored Valley Cooks today we're doing one of my homemade cakes banana cream. This cake is a showcase for your holiday table and it is as delicious as it is beautiful. We are going to beat our egg whites and fold them in the batter so you should use your mixer first for the egg whites so it's nice and clean and that way you don't have to clean up your bowl to beat your egg whites. So we're going to start with the egg whites. We're going to separate three eggs. Now your eggs should be at room temperature so you got to be really careful when you separate them because they're harder to separate at room temperature than when they're cold. But you can do it. All right we're not making meringue so all you have to do is beat these up simple. So we're going to turn this on. We're going to get these egg whites into our mixing bowl. You're going to need a large bowl because you're going to incorporate these egg whites in with the batter when we're done. And if you want to know if you think it's too much of a pain let me just say if you do this with any cake you're using it will make it light and fluffy. It's really good to do this with the German chocolate. Anything you want it to have a real light and fluffy texture you need to fold in your egg whites after your batter is made. So we're going to put this over here to the side and start our cake mix. Now we're going to add our shortening and sugar into the mixer. We've got a half cup of shortening and then we got one and a half cups of sugar. So we're going to mix these up because for a half a cup of buttermilk so we're going to pour up our buttermilk and it also calls for three ripe bananas and we have them right here. So we're going to put these two things in the mixer. Minus your flour because once that flour hits that bowl you've got two minutes of mixing to do before you can over beat. So just remember that one. We're going to be using two cups of self rising flour. This smells so good. I love this cake. You're going to love it. All right we're going to take the beaters out. We're going to get the batter into the bowl or you're going to fold your cake batter into your egg whites so you're not supposed to put them in the mixer or anything like that. You just fold it just like you would a sponge cake. That's about right. I'm going to spray these with some cooking spray. This is actually baking spray. It has the flour in it. I love using this and this is what I use around the holidays instead of mixing up my own because I do a lot of baking. We're putting custard in between the layers. I would prefer you make at least a three layer cake where you can make two layers and split them when you get ready to put the custard in between. All right y'all those cakes are sitting out here getting ready to cool down for me to flip them out. While they're waiting we're going to make our custard. Now we put our custard in the microwave. It's quick, it's easy, and it's absolutely delicious. So we're going to make this a head because this is a whipping cream iced cake and you don't want your banana custard hot or your cake layers. So go ahead and get these prepared. We're going to start with a glass batter bowl and we're going to add some flour and sugar to it. We're going to put in a third cup of flour. You can use self-rising or all-purpose whatever you have on hand is fine. Now you're going to put in your sugar. It's a half cup and you're going to whisk those two well together. Very simple recipe. You're going to add a cup of water, one cup of evaporated milk. Always shake it up really good. Clean off the top. I'm going to be using one cup. I'm going to get this in our batter bowl with three egg yolks. I'm going to throw in a dash of salt. I don't have it on the recipe but I always throw in a little salt when I'm making something sweet most of the time. And now we're going to mash up a cup of banana. I've got a banana right here. He's really big and all I need is a cup. I'm not sure I need both of these bananas but we'll see. So you're just going to mash it with a fork on a plate. Boy this cake is amazing. Everybody will love it. It's light. It's fluffy. It's got the custard in it and then the whipping cream. It's just a dreamy cake. You're going to love it. Custard bowl. Now that was quick, wasn't it y'all? So why not make a homemade custard? It's not hard when you use my recipe. So now we're going to whisk this in. We're going to put this in the microwave on high for three minutes first. You're going to whisk it in between after that. So it's ready to go in the microwave on three minutes. Three minutes is up and you're going to see it's already starting to turn into a pudding. Now after it's been in there three minutes you've got to get it out every minute and stir it until it's ready. That's perfect for what we're using it for especially. And really you don't want banana pudding and stuff too thick or it makes it dry. You want it to be thin enough that it soaks into the cookies or the cake like we're doing today. It's going to soak down into the cake layers and it's going to be absolutely dreamy. Light and delicious. This cake is so good y'all. So we're just going to, I'm not going to put these in the refrigerator while they're popping hot. I'm going to wait a few minutes and then I'll chill them. Look at my whipping cream in the freezer before I start. Just for a few minutes. Don't forget it in there y'all. So we're about to put this delicious cake together. We got some nice whipping cream. I've got the guard in this mixer because it is going to splatter. We're going to pour the whole thing in here. Let's get this whipped up. We're going to put this lid on here. It's nice. It's clear. Y'all can still see. And now it's going to take a while to whip this up. So be patient. Put some whipping cream in my piping bag. Have that ready. I've got these really large Thanksgiving plates that I bought last year after the season was over and they had them on sale. Okay. So I'm going to get the first layer and put it on the bottom of my plate. Center it good. Now we're going to add whipping cream around the edge to keep the banana cream from escaping easy. You don't have to put a lot. We're going to put some cream in it. And you will need to refrigerate this cake because of the whipping cream. When I meant a lot I meant the whipping cream. Of course you want to get the banana cream in there. A good bit of it. Popstick. Poke a few holes in it too. A little bit of custard in my cream. Alright now it's the next layer. You can also use this banana custard recipe to make a banana cream pie. Now for this part you need an icing spatula because we're going to ice the sides. And thanks to that, thanks to that border it will keep the cream from coming out of the side of the cake. If you don't do that then your cream is going to be sipping out and it's going to be really hard to ice the cake because the cream is going to make a mess. So don't forget that step. It's very easy to ice a cake with whipping cream. If you've never learned how to ice a cake this one would be a good way to start because it's probably the easiest way to frost a cake. It's very easy to maneuver it. It stays in place and it's easy to spread. And don't be forceful with it with this delicate banana cake. Make sure you get plenty on there. You got plenty because you used a big thing. I'm going to scrape the sides and make it pretty. Get a custard on the top and you'll have a little extra. You can make your pudding cup with vanilla wafers like a banana pudding. All right if you're preparing this for a holiday you can put it on cardboard like this. Like a plate like this. But then you're going to want to cut it so that you can lay it on a pretty cake plate before your company gets there. I'm going to put this in the center of our serving plate. Grab our bag and the first thing we're going to do is put a border around the top. You're going to put a little bit in the middle and then we're going to try to get a border around the bottom. That's a pretty cake. Now I'm going to take a couple of banana chips and lay it on the top and that's it. It's ready. It's a super moist y'all and absolutely dreamy. If you like banana pudding and bananas you're going to love this cake. Don't that look good? All right y'all this cake is still I just iced it so it's not been refrigerated yet. Nothing's been refrigerated so it's a little bit soft but me and Chris don't care. We were ready to eat this thing. Y'all it tastes like banana pudding. It's delicious. Oh my gosh this is so good. It's moist. It tastes just like homemade banana pudding. Absolutely delicious. Whoo! Y'all make this for your holiday. Thanks for watching Colored Valley Cooks where we cook like mama did. Bye y'all. Love ya. We bought this Bosch mixer so that you guys could see what we're mixing much easier for videoing. I think y'all are going to love the views with this mixer and that way I don't have to use a hand mixer for you guys to see the food because I have lip Fadima in my arm and it's harder for me to use a hand mixer.