Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1 30

Servings servings

Calories 401kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

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

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9x13-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.

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.

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