Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a great dessert to take to your next potluck. The cream cheese frosting is so decadent and tangy.

Yield: 12 SERVINGS 

Prep Time: 10 MINUTES 

Cook Time: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES 

Freezing: 45 MINUTES 

Total Time: 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE BANANA CAKE

• 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (3-4 medium)
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9X13-inch cake pan.
2. Mash bananas and mix with lemon juice. Set aside. 
3. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with electric mixer. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
4. Mix in half the flour, the salt and baking soda. Add in half the buttermilk. Repeat, mixing only until combined. 
5. Gently stir in bananas. Pour into prepared pan. 
6. Bake at 275 degrees F for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out with only a few moist crumbs. 
7. After baking, immediately place cake in freezer for 45 minutes then remove and let cool completely on the counter before frosting. 

MAKE THE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

1. In medium bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese using electric mixer. Add in vanilla then slowly add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy.

NOTES

Diabetic Substitutions:

• Try reduce sugar in cake to 1 cup
• Try reducing butter in cake to 1/4 cup and adding 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

KEY TO SUCCESS #1 – LOTS ‘O RIPE BANANAS

One of the key ingredients to banana cake is plenty of bananas.

You’ll want to use 1 1/2 cups of bananas in this banana cake recipe.

That’ll be about 3 or 4 medium-sized bananas.

Your bananas should be very, very ripe.

The riper your bananas, the more flavorful your cake will be.

I like to use bananas that are heavily spotted and starting to get soft.

Mash up three bananas then put the mash into a glass measuring cup.

If it’s not 1 1/2 cups of bananas then mash up another banana and add it.

You don’t want to add more than 1 1/2 cups of bananas or your cake will not turn out as tender.

KEY TO SUCCESS #2 – CORRECT TEMPERATURE IS 275 DEGREES F

I know it’s an unusually low baking temperature but 275 degrees Fahrenheit is the correct temperature for this banana cake.

It cooks low and slow.

In my oven, the banana cake bakes for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

I would suggest setting your timer for 1 hour and 10 minutes then check with a toothpick to see if just a few moist crumbs clinging to the toothpick.

If it’s not cooked through, continue baking and check it every 10 minutes or so.

KEY TO SUCCESS #3 – TANGY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

The cream cheese frosting really takes this dessert over the top.

I like my cream cheese frosting to be thick and tangy so I use a full 8 oz package of cream cheese and no milk to thin it out.

Use an electric mixer to cream together the butter and the cream cheese.

Then mix in the vanilla extract and slowly start adding in the powdered sugar.

You may think it’s not coming together but just keep mixing.

It’ll eventually come together into a thick, creamy, and delicious frosting.

This Banana Cake is a real treat.

The cream cheese frosting is just so thick and delicious that I could eat it with a spoon.

Try it with a big glass of milk.

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