CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA CAKE

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Cake:

4 cups cake flour

2 Tsp. baking soda

1� Tsp. baking powder

� Tsp. salt

� Tsp ground cinnamon

1� cup butter or margarine, at room temperature

2 Tsp. vanilla extract

� cup buttermilk

4 ripe bananas, mashed, about � cups

1� cups semisweet chocolate chips

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Glaze:

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

� cup + 2 Tbs. Butter

2 Tbs. Light corn syrup

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Cake:

Preheat oven to 375*. Butter & flour 12-cup bun pan. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, salt & cinnamon. In large bowl on medium speed beat sugar with butter until light, 3-4 mins. Beat in eggs, one at a time, & vanilla. Beat in reserved flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Reduce speed to low; beat in bananas until just combined. Stir in chips. Pour into pan. Bake 50-55 mins or until toothpick inserved into center comes out with moist crumbs clinging. Run knife around cake edge to loosen; cool in pan on rack 20 min. Remove from pan; cool on rack.

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Glaze:

In small pot combine chips with butter; over low heat melt until smooth. Stir in corn syrup. Pour glaze over cake.