Old Fashioned Banana Cake

Another old recipe on an old and yellow card, tucked away with other family recipes from "the olden days".

1/2 cup cooking oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups mashed bananas
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup milk plus 1 tsp. vinegar (mixed together)
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Grease and flour two 8-inch round or square cake pans.

Mix cooking oil and sugar until well blended; add eggs and bananas. Beat well.

Add soda to milk and vinegar mixture. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, then add to banana batter alternately with milk and vinegar mixture. Add chopped nuts (optional) and mix well.

Pour into cake pans and bake at 325F for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. The card includes the following note: "May be frosted with a banana frosting or eaten plain -- it is delicious either way."