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banana cake

(1 rating)
Karenluvs2cook avatar
Recipe by
Karen Donaldson
@Karenluvs2cook
NW, AR

Time consuming yes but well worth it. So good on a cool Autumn morning with a warm cup of coffee.

(1 rating)
yield 9 x13 cake or 2 layer cake.
prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients For banana cake

  • 1 1/2 c
    bananas, mashed, ripe
  • 2 tsp
    lemon juice
  • 3 c
    flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 3/4 c
    butter, softened
  • 2 1/8 c
    sugar
  • 3 lg
    eggs
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 1/2 c
    buttermilk
  • FROSTING
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened
  • 8 oz
    package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 3 1/2 c
    powder sugar

How To Make banana cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 275°
  • 2
    Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan
  • 3
    In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside
  • 4
    In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside
  • 5
    In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy
  • 6
    Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.
  • 7
    Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
  • 8
    Stir in banana mixture.
  • 9
    Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • 10
    Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
  • 11
    Frosting
  • 12
    Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
  • 13
    Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 14
    Add powder sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
  • 15
    Spread on cooled cake
  • 16
    Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired
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