Ingredients:
Cake:
1.5 cups very ripe bananas (3 fresh bananas or 4 thawed, previously
frozen bananas)
2 tsp lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup soft butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1.5 cups buttermilk (OR milk soured with one tbsp vinegar or lemon
juice)
Icing:
½ cup softened butter
8 oz cream cheese, room temp.
1 tsp vanilla
3.5 cups icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar or confectioner's
sugar)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 275 F, and grease and flour (or spray), a 9x13 cake
pan.
Mash banana and mix with lemon juice and set aside. In a med bowl, mix flour, baking soda and
salt. Set aside. If you're making your
own buttermilk, combine milk and vinegar (or lemon juice) in a small bowl, and
set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in
vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately
with buttermilk. Stir in bananas.
Pour into cake pan and bake 1 hour and 10 mins (or until knife comes
out clean). *if need be, cook longer, checking every 10 minutes until cake is
fully cooked.
Immediately place in freezer for 45 minutes. (if not completely cool
upon removal from freezer, let cool further before icing).
Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat
in vanilla and icing sugar on low until combined, then high until smooth.
Frost cake and enjoy!
This is one of my favorite recipes I’ve made to date…and I’m not even a
fan of bananas. The banana flavor is
mild, just adding a touch of sweetness.
The frosting is amazing. The cake
is super moist. If you have some bananas
that you need to use up, I would definitely recommend this!
