Banana Cake
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Banana Cake
Description
The Banana Cake recipe combines mashed ripe bananas with a blend of flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt to create the dry mix. Butter and two types of sugar are creamed together until fluffy, then eggs and vanilla are added. The bananas and dry ingredients are incorporated alternately with sour cream, yielding a thick, moist batter.
Prepared in a 9x13 inch pan, the cake bakes at 350°F for around 43 to 46 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. The cake’s texture is moist and tender from the bananas and sour cream, with a subtle cinnamon warmth.
Typically finished with cream cheese frosting, this cake suits a dessert or snack serving. It benefits from careful mixing to maintain lightness and proper baking time to avoid dryness.
Ingredients
Banana Cake:
- 1 ½ cups banana about 3-4 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 3 egg at room temperature
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream at room temperature
- cream cheese frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9x13 inch pan. Set aside
- To make the cake, mash the bananas with a potato masher or the back of a fork in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In another medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment of a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter on high speed until light and creamy, 1-2 minutes. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat on high speed again for -3 minutes until light and fluffy. Scrape down sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add the eggs and the vanilla and beat on high speed until combined, another 1-2 minutes. Then add bananas and beat until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the mixture in three rounds, alternating with the sour cream until completely combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 43-46 minutes. Cake will be done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter on high speed until smooth and creamy, 2-3 minutes. Add the vanilla and salt and beat to combine. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, mixing well between each addition. Stop at 3 cups and add more sugar 1/8 cup at a time until you reach desired consistency.
- Spread cream cheese on frosting cooled cake and top with extra bananas and cinnamon if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 24Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 304 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 304kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 55mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 232mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 137mg | 3% |
| Sugar | 30g | 60% |
| Vitamin A | 445IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 1.3mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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