A classic favorite: Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
I served this cake to my picky, picky brother when he was visiting, and he loved it! It’s much like a sweet banana bread with delicious frosting.
Banana Cake
This delicious cake is topped with a wonderfully smooth cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- 1½ cups vegetable or canola oil
- 3 large eggs
- 4 medium ripe bananas
- 3 cups sifted flour (sift, then measure)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
FROSTING
- ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened
- One 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- One box (1 pound) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
CAKE
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an angel food or bundt pan.
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the sugar and oil until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition. Break up bananas into chunks and add to batter.
- Combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and soda; sift them together. Add slowly to the batter and continue beating. Fold in the pecans (if using).
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Let cool for 30 minutes before removing from pan.
FROSTING
- Use and electric mixer to combine the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl. Add the sugar and vanilla and continue beating until it is a desired spreading consistency.
- Frost the cake when it has completely cooled.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 829kcal, Carbohydrates: 105g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 44g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g, Monounsaturated Fat: 22g, Trans Fat: 0.4g, Cholesterol: 87mg, Sodium: 422mg, Potassium: 222mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 76g, Vitamin A: 594IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 37mg, Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Lori, I found myself with 3 banana going brown the other day and decided to make this recipe, So glad I did! This is an awesome banana cake. I had some brown sugar butter frosting and used that instead of the cream cheese frosting. Thanks again for a do over recipe. Your devoted fan … Linda 🙂
If I want to send you a recipe, how do I go about doing that?
My husband and son love this cake. Just the three of us finished it off in two days. I wonder if this cake will freeze well, saving the frosting until ready to thaw out and eat.
thank you