Debbie's Banana Cake

I am posting this recipe for two reasons. One because it is absolutely delicious, and two because it is the cake that Debbie Wells would make. Debbie was a pastors wife who died from cancer. She was a wonderful woman.

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 sticks butter

1/2 cup water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup milk

1 cup nuts (optional, I usually don't add them)

1 cup or 4 mashed bananas

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Mix together flour, sugar and brown sugar.

3. In a pan, bring butter and water to a boil.

4. Pour water mix over flour and stir.

5. Add vanilla, baking soda, milk, nuts, and bananas.

6. Pour onto a large greased cookie sheet (or two regular cookie sheets).

7. Bake for 20 minutes.

8. Mix together icing, and pour over warm, not hot, cake.

Banana Icing

1 stick butter

4 Tablespoons milk

1/2 cup or 2 bananas smashed

2-3 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Icing Directions

1. In a sauce pan bring butter, milk and bananas to a boil.

2. Add sugar and vanilla.

3. Pour over warm, not hot, cake.

Notes

~the cake gets better the longer it sits