1 c  Butter or margarine, softene    1 1/2 c  Bananas, ripe, mashed
     2 c  Sugar                             1/4 lb Butter or margarine, softene
     2    Eggs, room temperature              8 oz Cream cheese, softened
   3/4 c  Milk                               16 oz Sugar, confectioners
     3 c  Flour                               2 ts Vanilla
     2 ts Baking powder                  
 Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs.  Mix.  Combine flour and baking soda.
 Add to butter/sugar mixture alternating with milk –beginning and ending
 with flour mixture.  Fold in mashed bananas.  Pour into 3 greased and
 floured 9-inch round cake pans.  Bake (in preheated oven) at 350 for 25-35
 minutes (or until cake springs back when lightly touched).  Cool and frost
 between layers and sides with cream cheese frosting.
 
 FROSTING:  Combine and spread on cooledcake.
                
                 Yields       
                6 servings                
