Banana Cake with Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting
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Banana Cake with Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting
Description
The cake batter combines flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt with creamed butter and sugars, eggs, vanilla, mashed bananas, and yogurt. This mixture is baked until golden and set, resulting in a moist crumb with gentle spice from cinnamon. The acidity of yogurt adds tenderness and balances the sweetness.
The frosting is a whipped blend of cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and espresso powder, giving a smooth and tangy topping with a hint of coffee flavor. It’s spread over the cooled cake, with the option to refrigerate for a firmer texture because of the cream cheese.
Serving the cake chilled highlights the contrast of creamy frosting with the soft cake beneath. This combination works well for a layered dessert or special occasion treat.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar white
- ¾ cup brown sugar loosely packed
- 2 egg large
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 banana mashed, large
- ½ cup yogurt plain, Greek
espresso cream cheese frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese blocks
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 baking sheet or dish with nonstick spray.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time. Beat in the vanilla extract. Beat in the mashed bananas and yogurt until combined.
- Stir in the dry ingredients on low speed, scraping down the sides if needed, until just combined. Don’t over mix!
- Pour the mixture into the greased baking dish. Bake for 28 to 33 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
coffee cream cheese frosting
- Beat the cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Beat in the sugar and espresso powder until combined. Beat in the vanilla extract. Frost the cooled cake! I like to keep the cake in the fridge because of the cream cheese frosting - plus we love cold cake.
Notes
- This recipe was adapted from versions of pumpkin and banana cakes.
- Chilling the cake after frosting improves the texture due to the cream cheese component.
- You can adjust the espresso powder amount in the frosting for a stronger or milder coffee flavor.
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