best ever banana cake with cream cheese frosting
This cake is so good! I made it using two nine inch round pans, and the batter fit just right, but I should have doubled the frosting. I decreased the sugar in the frosting by 1/2 cup and it was plenty sweet.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
55 Min
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups bananas mashed
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/8 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- FROSTING
- 1 package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
How To Make best ever banana cake with cream cheese frosting
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Step 11. Preheat oven to 275°. 2. 2 Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. 3. 3 In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. 4. 4 In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. 5. 5 In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy. 6. 6 Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla. 7. 7 Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. 8. 8 Stir in banana mixture. 9. 9 Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 10. 10 Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist. 11. 11 For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. 12. 12 Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. 13. 13 Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. 14. 14 Spread on cooled cake. 15. 15 Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.
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