Recipe for "banana-cake"

NAME

     BANANA-CAKE - A no-cooking cake with fruit and whipped cream

INGREDIENTS (Crust #1)

     180 g     graham cracker crumbs
     60 g      margarine

PROCEDURE (making crust #1)

          (1)  Mix and press in bottom of a 20x30  pan.  Bake  10
               minutes at 175 deg. C.  Cool.

INGREDIENTS (Crust #2)

     200 g     all-purpose flour
     95 g      sugar
     240 g     soft margarine
     1         egg, slightly beaten
     2.5 ml    vanilla

PROCEDURE (making crust #2)

          (1)  Blend all ingredients  thoroughly.  Pat  dough  on
               bottom of a pan.
          (2)  Bake at 200 deg. C for about 10 minutes  or  until
               golden brown. Cool.

INGREDIENTS (Crust #3)

     32        Oreo cookies
     160 g     melted margarine

PROCEDURE (making crust #3)

          (1)  Crush cookies and mix  them  with  the  margarine.
               Press mixture in bottom of pan.

INGREDIENTS (Filling for 1 cake)

     120 g     margarine
     350 g     powdered sugar
     2         eggs
     4-5        bananas, sliced lengthwise
     600 g     chunk pineapple, drained
     600 g     whole strawberries
     250 ml    whipping cream
               chopped nuts

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Whip  margarine/sugar/egg  mixture  with  electric
               mixer and spread over cooled crust.
          (2)  Place bananas, cut side  down,  on  top  of  above
               layer.
          (3)  Spread on the pineapple chunks, then the strawber-
               ries.
          (4)  Whip the cream, cover the whole dish with  whipped
               cream, and sprinkle with nuts.
          (5)  Refrigerate 4 hours before serving.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 20  minutes  preparation,  4  hours
     cooling.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Peggy B. Gillenwater
     Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
     peggy@noscvax.UUCP