The Manor Born Banana Cake with Coffee Buttercream | Saveur

Ingredients

• 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 ¹⁄₄ cups cake flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. salt
• 1 ¹⁄₃ cups sugar
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (from about 2 medium bananas)
• 2 eggs
• Scant 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup coarsely chopped shelled unsalted pecans
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp. instant espresso powder
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 lb. unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and softened