The Best Banana Cake Recipe
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The Best Banana Cake Recipe
Description
The Best Banana Cake Recipe starts with creamed butter and sugars blended with avocado or similar oil, mashed ripe bananas, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract. These wet ingredients are mixed with a combination of flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to produce a batter that bakes into a moist, tender cake. Baking time ranges from 45 to 55 minutes in a 9x13-inch pan, with attention to avoid over-browning especially in glass pans.
The smooth cream cheese frosting includes softened cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and a touch of heavy cream for spreadability. This frosting is spread over the cooled cake, and optional chopped walnuts can be added on top for some crunch and nutty flavor. The resulting cake features banana flavor with a rich, lightly sweet finish from the frosting.
This cake is well suited to bake-ahead or storing covered, remaining fresh several days when refrigerated. Covering early prevents drying and preserves moistness. Light monitoring towards the end baking prevents overly dark edges, which can be a concern depending on baking dish type.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- ¾ cup avocado oil or canola oil or vegetable oil
- 1 cup light brown sugar or dark brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 cups banana this is typically 4 bananas for me, well-mashed, ripe
- 2 large egg room temperature preferred
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Silky Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
- ½ cup walnuts for topping (optional, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and spray a 9x13" (approximately 23x33cm) pan with baking spray or lightly grease and flour. Set aside.
- Combine butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl and use an electric mixer). Beat until well-combined and light and fluffy.
- Add oil and beat to combine.
- Stir in mashed bananas.
- Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and stir until well-combined.
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add to wet ingredients until completely combined.
- Spread batter into prepared pan and bake on 350F (175C) for 45-55 minutes (see note 1) or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean with few moist crumbs. Allow to cool completely before covering with frosting.
Silky Cream Cheese Frosting
- Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy.
- With mixer on low-speed, gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined.
- Add heavy cream and gradually increase speed to high. Beat on high for 30 seconds.
- Spread over completely cooled banana cake. Top with chopped walnuts (if using). Slice and serve!
Notes
- Monitor the cake color at about 30 minutes to prevent over-browning, tenting with foil if necessary.
- Baking pan material influences browning; metal pans may brown differently from glass.
- Store the cake covered in the baking pan at room temperature for a day or chilled up to a week.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 24slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 350 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 350kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 22g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 234mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 80mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 456IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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