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Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
by Julia Ann Souders

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

No one eats the last banana at our house, so we have banana cake!
This is a moist 2 layer cake made with 3 over-ripe bananas.
* How-To make sour milk: 1 teaspoon in 1/4 cup, add milk to the 1/4; allow to sit to curdle.
Fill and Frost with Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting.

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Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
Prep time: United States American
Cook time: Servings: 10

Goes Well With: barbeques

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup sour milk*
  • 1 cup mashed over-ripe bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • CREAM CHEESE FILLING AND FROSTING
  • 6 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 /2 cup butter
  • 1-2 cups sifted powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans.

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. Line 2 9-inch cake pans with parchment and grease, or grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans.
  3. Add the first 6 dry ingredients into a small bowl, whisk to blend.
  4. Measure out or make sour milk as directed above.
  5. Add butter and sugar in large bowl to cream together until fluffy.
  6. Add eggs one at a time, beat after each addition..
  7. Alternate ading the dry ingredients and sour milk, mix after each addition.
  8. Mix in the mashed bananas, vanilla and chopped pecans.
  9. Pour batter into the cake pans.
  10. Bake 30-35 minutes, or when tested with toothpick inserted in the center, it comes out clean.
  11. Cool on rack for 5 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely before filling layers and frosting.
  12. CREAM CHEESE FILLING AND FROSTING
  13. Put cream cheese and butter in mixing bowl, beat until blended.
  14. Gradually add the sifted powdered sugar, beating to blend.
  15. Add the vanilla, beat together until spreading consistency. Add more powdered sugar if too thin, or a teaspoon milk if too thick.
  16. Put the filling between the layers and remainder on top and side.
  17. Sprinkle pecans on the top.