Banana Bundt Cake Recipe
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Banana Bundt Cake Recipe
Description
This Banana Bundt Cake features mashed ripe bananas blended into a butter and sugar base with eggs and vanilla for moisture and flavor. The dry ingredients — flour, baking soda, and salt — are combined separately before folding into the wet mix. The batter is poured into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan and baked at 350°F for just under an hour, until a toothpick comes out clean.
The cake has a golden crust and a soft, moist crumb due to the bananas, with flavors enhanced by vanilla and sugar creaming. The cream cheese glaze, made by mixing cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk, provides a smooth, tangy sweetness that complements the cake’s texture and flavor.
This cake is suitable for dessert or teatime and serves well sliced. Using a dark-colored bundt pan is recommended for even baking; cooking times may vary with different pan sizes or colors. After baking, the cake is cooled partially in the pan, inverted onto a rack to cool completely, then glazed.
To invert, place a wire rack over the cake pan and carefully flip the pan and rack together, removing the pan once the cake is released.
Ingredients
For the Banana Bundt Cake
- 6 banana medium/large, about 3 cups mashed, very ripe
- 1 cup butter at room temperature (1 cup = 16 Tbsp, unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 egg lightly beaten, room temperature, large
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt fine sea salt
For the Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 4 Tbsp butter unsalted
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar or added to taste
- Pinch salt
- 3-6 Tbsp milk or added to desired consistency
Instructions
To Make the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 ̊F. Grease the inside of a bundt pan with butter then dust with flour and tap out the excess. Set the pan aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together softened butter. With the mixer on, gradually add the sugar and beat until creamed together.
- Un-peel banana and set them on a plate. Mash with a fork until you have the consistency of chunky applesauce. (You should have about 3 cups of mashed bananas). Add the bananas to the mixing bowl along with the eggs and vanilla. Mix until blended.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix until well incorporated and no streaks of flour remain.
- Pour the cake evenly into your prepared bundt pan and bake at 350 ̊F for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes then invert onto a wire rack,* remove the cake pan and cool to room temperature before applying glaze.
To Make the Cream Cheese Glaze
- In a mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla, powdered sugar and salt. Beat on medium speed until whipped and smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Add 3 Tbsp milk then add more, 1 Tablespoon at a time, until you reach your desired consistency.
Notes
- Use a dark-colored 12-cup bundt pan for best baking results; adjust baking time for smaller or lighter pans.
- Invert the cake by setting a wire rack over the pan and flipping both carefully once the cake has cooled slightly to avoid breakage.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 519 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 519kcal | 26% |
| Carbs | 71g | |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 115mg | 38% |
| Sodium | 432mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 291mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 40g | 80% |
| Vitamin A | 841IU | 17% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 36mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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