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Banana Cake with Cream Cheese FrostingBanana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
If you like banana bread, you’ll love this cake: light, tender banana cake topped with a thin layer of cream cheese frosting. Tip: Freeze ripe bananas in their peels in freezer bags, then thaw them out when you’re ready to use them.
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Recipe - GOLDEN VALLEY (+Wines & Spirits)
Recipe: Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep Time30 Minutes
Servings8
Cook Time35 Minutes
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE: ½ cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups mashed bananas (4-6)
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ¼ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional
FOR THE FROSTING: ¼ cup butter, softened
½ (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions
  1. FOR THE CAKE: Heat oven to 350 F.
  2. Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients just until well combined.
  4. Spread batter into two round cake pans. Bake until deep golden brown (about 30-35 minutes).
  5. Remove from pans; allow to cool completely on wire rack before frosting.
  6. FOR THE FROSTING: In a small mixing bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
  7. Frost one cake completely; top with the second cake and cover with the remainder of the frosting.
30 minutes
Prep Time
35 minutes
Cook Time
8
Servings

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Makes 8 servings
FOR THE CAKE: ½ cup butter, softened
Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter Sticks
Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter Sticks, 8 Ounce
$7.49$0.94/oz
1 ½ cups sugar
C&H Pure Cane Granulated White Sugar
C&H Pure Cane Granulated White Sugar, 10 Pound
$15.19$1.52/lb
2 eggs
Helpful Hens Organic Free Range Large Brown Eggs
Helpful Hens Organic Free Range Large Brown Eggs, 12 Each
$6.69$0.56 each
1 ½ cups mashed bananas (4-6)
Conventional Bananas Single
Conventional Bananas Single, 0.4 Pound
$0.28 avg/ea$0.69/lb
½ cup buttermilk
Prairie Farms Lowfat Buttermilk
Prairie Farms Lowfat Buttermilk, 64 Ounce
$4.39$0.07/oz
1 teaspoon vanilla
L&B Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
L&B Organic Pure Vanilla Extract, 2 Ounce
$7.99$4.00/oz
2 ¼ cups flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 5 Pound
Huge Deal
$3.49 was $5.79$0.70/lb
1 teaspoon baking soda
Our Family Baking Soda
Our Family Baking Soda, 16 Ounce
Huge Deal
$0.95 was $1.19$0.06/oz
1 teaspoon salt
Morton Salt
Morton Salt, 26 Ounce
Deal
$2.29 was $2.83$0.09/oz
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional
L&B Chopped Walnuts
L&B Chopped Walnuts, 4 Ounce
Deal
$4.29 was $4.69$1.07/oz
FOR THE FROSTING: ¼ cup butter, softened
Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter Sticks
Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter Sticks, 8 Ounce
$7.49$0.94/oz
½ (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Crystal Farms Cream Cheese Block
Crystal Farms Cream Cheese Block, 8 Ounce
2/$5 Huge Deal
$2.50 was $3.49$0.31/oz
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
C&H Pure Cane Sugar Confectioners Powdered Sugar
C&H Pure Cane Sugar Confectioners Powdered Sugar, 1 Pound
$3.43$3.43/lb
2 teaspoons vanilla
L&B Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
L&B Organic Pure Vanilla Extract, 2 Ounce
$7.99$4.00/oz

Directions

  1. FOR THE CAKE: Heat oven to 350 F.
  2. Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients just until well combined.
  4. Spread batter into two round cake pans. Bake until deep golden brown (about 30-35 minutes).
  5. Remove from pans; allow to cool completely on wire rack before frosting.
  6. FOR THE FROSTING: In a small mixing bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
  7. Frost one cake completely; top with the second cake and cover with the remainder of the frosting.