The Best Banana Cake – So Delicious and Super Easy Recipe
This banana cake recipe is the epitome of moist, flavorful goodness. With a velvety cream cheese frosting that perfectly complements the banana-infused cake, this dessert is sure to become a family favorite.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 1/8 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 275°F (135°C) and grease/flour a 9×13-inch pan.
- Mix Bananas: In a small bowl, mix mashed bananas with lemon juice.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Eggs and Vanilla: Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients: Beat in the flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture.
- Bake: Pour batter into the pan and bake for one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool and Frost: Cool cake, then frost with the prepared cream cheese frosting.
- Optional Decoration: Sprinkle chopped walnuts or decorative hearts over the frosting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 70g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
Keywords: Banana cake, cream cheese frosting, easy dessert
