Banana Foster Cake

This cake was invented last week when I decided to experiment with a new cake recipe.  The cake recipe called for some yogurt, so I added some almond strawberry yogurt that I had in the fridge and decided to flavor the cake with a little almond extract and some Amaretto.   Once the cakes were un-molded from the pans I made an Amaretto-vanilla buttercream frosting and decided that I would decorate the sides of the cake with slivered almonds.   As I was slicing the tops off of the cakes, Alex came into the kitchen, tried some of the cake scraps and told me that it tasted a little fruity. He thought that I should play up the unique fruity-ness of the cake and not just focus on the almonds.   He suggested a banana cream filling and thus the Banana Foster Cake was born!   I can't take much credit for the filling (after my soup-y boston cream pie filling I wasn't ready to try again quite yet), Alex took it upon himself to make the perfect banana cream filling for me.   With a combination of soymilk, a mashed banana, cornstarch, and water, the filling was created!  

Banana Foster Cake with Banana Cream Filling and Amaretto Frosting

Made Nov. 8th, 2012