Preheat oven to 375. Cream shortening and sugar until light. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Blend in vanilla. Mix cocoa w/ 1/4 cup hot water, blend into creamed mix.sift together flour,soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately w/ mashed banana to creamed mix. Turn into 2 greased 8-inch square pans, lined on bottom w/ wax paper. Bake for 35 min. Cool. Turn out of pans. Cool completely. Fill and frost: Cream together soft butter w/ 1 cup powder sugar, beat 6 tbsp of this mix into 1 cup mashed banana. Gradually add 2 2/3 cups powdered sugar until spreading consistency. Add banana extract, mix well. Frost cake. Cut into squares to serve.
To each serving I grate a little dark chocolate on top of the frosted cake and add 1 small slice of fresh banana.
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