Snow on the Mountain

This cake is almost like a trifle: a homemade cake is broken into pieces and mixed with chopped bananas, oranges, dates, and walnuts. It's pressed into a bowl "mountain" and chilled, then inverted onto a serving plate and frosted with whipped cream.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 659 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 4 eggs
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream
• 5 oranges, peeled and cut into 5 or 6 pieces
• 3 bananas, cut into 1 inch pieces

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch pan.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs and 1 cup of sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the egg mixture. Then, stir in the dates, walnuts and vanilla. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on the pan on a wire rack. When the cake is cooled, break into bite sized pieces. Stir the cake pieces together with the oranges, bananas and remaining sugar. Press into a medium sized bowl and chill for several hours.

Step 4

Invert cake onto a serving plate. Whip the heavy cream with the confectioners' sugar and vanilla until stiff. Spread over the entire cake.