MANGO-BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cake--------------.
• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
• Lightly butter 3 8" cake pans and dust with flour, tap out excess.
• Whisk first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl to blend.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and egg yolk in a large bowl until well blended.
• Gradually beat in sugar.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
• Beat in sour cream and vanilla.
• Beat in dry ingredients, alternating with the mashed banana.
• Divide mixture evenly between 3 cakepans.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes ut clean, about 20 minutes.
• Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes.
• Turn cakes out onto racks and cool.
• Place 1 cake layer on a platter.
• Spread 3/4c cream cheese frosting (to follow) over top.
• Spread 1/2 of the mango curd (to follow) over the frosting.
• Top with 2nd cake layer, spread with 3/4 c of frosting and remaining mango curd.
• Top with 3rd cake layer.
• Spoon 3/4 c of the frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
• Spread remaining frosting around sides and over top of the cake.
• Pipe frosting around top edge of cake.
• Arrange mango slices around top edge of cake, garnish with mint.
• Cream Cheese Frosting----------.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Gradually beat in the sugar.
• Cover and refrigerate until firm enough to spread, about 15 minutes.
• Mango Curd----------.
• Puree first 4 ingredients in processor, scraping down sides of work bowl.
• Add yolks, puree 15 seconds.
• Strain through sieve set over a large metal bowl, pressing on solids with back.
• of spatula to release as much puree as possible.
• Discard solids in sieve.
• Set metal bowl over medium saucepan of simmering water.
• Do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water.
• Whisk puree until thickened and thermometer registers 170F, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from water.
• Whisk in butter, 1 piece at a time.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.