Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By Lunds & Byerlys

July 18, 2024

If you like banana bread, you’ll love this cake: light, tender banana cake topped with a thin layer of cream cheese frosting. Tip: Freeze ripe bananas in their peels in freezer bags, then thaw them out when you’re ready to use them.

SERVINGS

8

PREP TIME

30 min

COOK TIME

30-35 min

Ingredients

  • 1/2
    cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2
    cups sugar
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 1/2
    cups mashed bananas (4-6 bananas)
  • 1/2
    cup buttermilk
  • 1
    teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4
    cups flour
  • 1
    teaspoon baking soda
  • 1
    teaspoon salt
  • 1/2
    cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional

For the cream cheese frosting:

  • 1/4
    cup butter, softened
  • 1/2
    8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/2
    cups powdered sugar
  • 2
    teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    For the cake: Heat oven to 350 F.

  2. 2

    Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.

  3. 3

    Stir in remaining ingredients just until well combined.

  4. 4

    Spread batter into two round cake pans. Bake until deep golden brown (about 30-35 minutes).

  5. 5

    Remove from pans; allow to cool completely on wire rack before frosting.

  6. 6

    For the frosting: In a small mixing bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Frost one cake
    completely; top with the second cake and cover with the remainder of the frosting.

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