Banana Cake

This banana cake recipe makes a moist, flavorful cake with easy pantry ingredients and mashed ripe bananas, topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 2

Servings: 18 servings

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Calories: 453

Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients

1.5 cups mashed bananas
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 teaspoons baking soda
0.25 teaspoon salt
2.125 cups white sugar
0.75 cup butter
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1.5 cups buttermilk
0.5 cup butter, softened
1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3.5 cups confectioners’ sugar

Method

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch pan.
Make cake: Mix mashed bananas with lemon juice in a small bowl.
Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture.
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Remove cake from the oven and place it directly into the freezer, uncovered, for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
Meanwhile, make frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high until frosting is smooth.
Spread frosting on cooled cake.
Serve and enjoy!