Luscious Banana Layer Cake

2 cups cake flour; sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter; or shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg plus 1 yolk; well beaten
1 cup banana; mashed
3/4 cup milk; sour
1 teaspoon vanilla


Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly then add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well; then add bananas and beat again. Add flour to creamed mixture, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition, until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased pans, 8 x 8 x 2, in moderate oven, 375 degree, 25 minutes. Spread lemon filling between layers and frost as desired.


Lemon filling: 2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 1 cup cold water, 1/2 cup honey, 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1 teaspoon butter. Place dissolved cornstarch and honey in a medium-size saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add a little hot mixture to egg yolks. Add egg yolks to saucepan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add lemon juice and butter. Stir until butter melts. Cool before using.