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Posted: 09/03/2020

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed; 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature; 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes ★★★★★ 8 Reviews Jump to Recipe

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Next time you find yourself with overripe bananas, try this Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting for something different than banana bread. A moist, flavorful banana cake is topped with cream cheese frosting for a dessert that is simple yet irresistible.

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Did you find yourself with overripe bananas? After you’ve tried this Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, you can try these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Coconut, this Banana Oat Bread, or this Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips.

This is one of those recipes where the beauty is in the simplicity. Nothing fancy here, nothing over the top. Just a great, tasty way to use up those overripe bananas. The cake is moist and sweet and full of banana flavor, and then topped with an easy cream cheese frosting. The combination of the banana cake and the simple cream cheese frosting is magic.

I’m adding this one to my arsenal of great things to do with overripe bananas!!

How to Make Banana Cake

One thing I love about this banana cake recipe is that it is super simple.

First cream the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs. Stir in the sour cream and vanilla.
Then the dry ingredients – the flour, baking soda and salt.
Finally, combine the two. For this cake, though, after the wet and dry ingredients have been combined, you add in mashed bananas. The bananas not only give the cake its fabulous banana flavor, but they also make it so that the cake is super moist.
Then you just have to bake the cake and let it cool before you frost it.

How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting

Honestly, this cake is pretty tasty on its own, but that doesn’t mean I would ever skip the cream cheese frosting! This cream cheese frosting is as basic as it gets. There are only three ingredients:

Butter
Cream Cheese
Powdered Sugar

You’ll want to make sure that the butter and powdered sugar are at room temperature, and then beat them together until they are smooth. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar until you have a smooth, creamy frosting.

I will sometimes add a splash of vanilla extract, or a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness as well, but they are not always necessary.

See How to make this Banana Cake here:

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Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

★★★★★

4.6 from 8 reviews

Author: Deborah Harroun
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Yield: 16 servings 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Bake
Cuisine: American

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Ingredients

Banana Cake:

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 medium ripe bananas, mashed

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing in-between additions. Stir in the sour cream, then the vanilla extract.

In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, then stir in the mashed bananas. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan.

Bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool the cake completely before frosting.

To make the frosting: Beat the butter and the cream sugar together in a bowl until smooth. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until completely smooth. Frost the cake with the frosting.

Recipe Notes:

Adapted from allrecipes.com

When this recipe was originally published, it only used 1 cup of mashed banana and the frosting had a pound of powdered sugar. The recipe has been retested since and the updated recipe appears now.

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 piece
Calories: 401
Sugar: 38 g
Sodium: 267 mg
Fat: 20 g
Saturated Fat: 12 g
Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 52 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 4 g
Cholesterol: 76 mg

Keywords: banana cake, cream cheese frosting

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