Easy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This soft, moist, and absolutely delicious banana cake is made from scratch and it’s incredibly easy to make. It’s a great and tasty way to use up those overripe bananas that have been sitting on the counter for a couple of days!
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 215kcal
Ingredients
Banana Cake
- 3 bananas the darker the better
- 1 cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs room temp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ all-purpose flour spooned & leveled
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cup buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
- ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Banana Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350º and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper. (You can also grease and flour the baking dish instead.)
- Remove the bananas from the peels and beat them until they are creamy.
- Add the unsalted softened butter to the bananas and beat until creamy.
- Beat in the granulated sugar and the brown sugar until combined.
- Add the vanilla extract and beat in the eggs one at a time and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the all purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Beat half to the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Pour in half of the buttermilk and beat until combined.
- Beat in the remaining dry ingredients and then the last of the buttermilk.
- Do not overheat, mix until just combined.
- Pour the banana cake batter into the prepared dish and spread evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven 45-55 minutes. Check the center of the cake with a toothpick to check it if is done. Add a few minutes at a time if needed for the center of the cake to come out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat the softened cream cheese until creamy.
- Add the unsalted butter and beat until smooth.
- Pour in the vanilla extract and the ground cinnamon and combine well.
- Slowly beat in the confectioner’s sugar until the ingredients are smooth and creamy.
- If needed, add 1 to 2 tablespoon of milk to the mixture if the frosting is too thick.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 225mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 483IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 0.2mg
