Worship, let me count the ways

187.

The joyful tradition of coloring eggs.

188.


Gathering with our missional family.

 189.


Dad's that can get the silly on.

190.  little girls

191. Saturday soccer games

192. Resurrection Sunday service at Church with over 10,000 people gathered!

193.  Banana Easter Cake

Recipe courtesy of Epicurious.com

Banana Layer Cake w/Cream Cheese Frosting

2 1/4  cups cake flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 or 3)

1/4 cup buttermilk

1 tsp plus 1 Tbl vanilla

1 1/2 cups butter at room temp.

1 1/3 cups sugar

2 large eggs

2 8oz packages cream cheese at room temp.

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 large bananas

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease and flour 3 eight inch cake pans, or two 9 inch cake pans.  Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and 1/2 tsp. salt in medium bowl.  Mix mashed bananas and buttermilk and 1 tsp. vanilla in small bowl.  In large bowl cream 1/2 cup butter and sugar.  Add eggs, beat after each one.  Add dry ingredients alternately with banana mixture.  Beat just until blended after each addition, ending with dry ingredients.  Divide batter into pans.

Bake about 20 minutes for 8" pans or 26 minutes for 9" pans, check with toothpick. 

Cool on rack about 10  minutes, then turn out of pans and let cool completely.

Beat cream cheese and 1 cup butter until creamy.  Beat in 1 Tbl vanilla, and pinch of salt.  Gradually beat in powdered sugar. 

Place one cake layer on tray, frost top lightly, slice bananas on top.  Frost the bottom of the next layer lightly and plop it on top of the first layer; do that again if you have three layers.  Frost the whole cake.  Decorate with peeps if you have them.

Can be made a day ahead of time, just remove from refrigerator and let sit for one hour before serving.