easy banana cake
Easy Banana Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting is our favorite banana cake recipe. It starts with a box cake mix but you would not know it because it tastes better than scratch cake.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
12 serving(s)
Ingredients
- BANANA CAKE
- 1 box yellow cake mix (i used betty crocker)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of cloves
- water, oil and eggs (that are listed on the box)
- 3 large over-ripe bananas mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
- CREAM CHEESE ICING
- 1 box (8 ounces) cream cheese softened
- 6 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
How To Make easy banana cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 pan.
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Step 2In large bowl whisk together dry box mix, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add water, oil and eggs as directed on box. With mixer on medium speed or beat vigorously by hand for 2 minutes. Stir in mashed bananas
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Step 3Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
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Step 4In medium bowl using mixer cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in vanilla extract. Beat in powdered sugar about 1/2 cup at a time. Spread over cooled cake. If using top with chopped pecans.
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Step 5Store cake in refrigerator.
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Discover More
Category:
Cakes
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#For Kids
Tag:
#Heirloom
Keyword:
#banana
Keyword:
#cake
Keyword:
#banana cake
Keyword:
#box mix cake
Method:
Bake
Culture:
American
Ingredient:
Flour
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