Banana bread done coffee cake style. Made in a bundt pan with a pecan crunch topping. Perfect for brunch – or anytime you want a little extra something with your morning cuppa.
Last week it was time to make something with bananas. I freeze them when they start to get too ripe, and every time I went to look for something in the kitchen freezer, they started falling out on me! I planned on making my Banana Bread. It truly is the last banana bread recipe you will ever need. It turns out perfect every single time. But I wanted to switch it up a bit, and decided to do a coffee cake.
How To: Freeze and Use Ripe Bananas
I feel like this recipe really does lean more toward the texture of a bread than a cake. So if light and fluffy is what you’re looking for, then this might not be it. BUT – if you are like me, and you can’t pass up a slice of ‘nanner bread, then you need to give this one a whirl!
BANANA BREAD CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING Banana bread cake, frosted while it’s still warm with a delicious brown butter cream cheese frosting! Superb!
Sidebar — if it’s a banana cake you are looking for, you cannot go wrong with my Banana Bread Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting! Holy YUM!! That frosting alone is worth the effort. So darn good!!
Typically when I think nuts in banana bread, I think walnuts. Not sure why? I just think they go really well. For this one though, I made the crumble out of pecans, and threw a few of them inside, too. It worked out so good!
It gave the outside that bit of a “crust” to it. The perfect amount of sweet and spicy crunch. The inside though was perfectly moist and dense. I hope that the next time you find yourself with a few ripe bananas you give it a try!!
I bake with bananas a LOT. Did you know that anytime you are searching for a recipe here on my site, that you can just search an ingredient? That’s right. It doesn’t have to be precise, or the full recipe name. Click the search bar and type anything.
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BANANA BREAD PANCAKES These gourmet looking pancakes are simply made . Begin with Bisquick mix, add in ripe bananas and a few spices and you have this scrumptious stack of pancakes.
Before we get to today’s new recipe, here are a couple of other coffee cakes you may enjoy:
CINNAMON CRUNCH COFFEE CAKE Perfectly sweet coffee cake with a cinnamon crunch middle and topping made with pecans. Ideal with your favorite cuppa!
PUMPKIN SPICED COFFEE CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER GLAZE Spiced coffee cake with pumpkin and walnuts, drizzled in a spiced brown butter glaze. The perfect way to start a fall morning!
FRESH RHUBARB CAKE This buttery cake made with fresh rhubarb and topped with a coconut cinnamon topping. Amazing flavor!
I also have some friends who make amazing recipes, and they shared their favorite coffee cakes with us today!
Ground Cherry Coffe Cofee Cake from PlatterTalk, Peanut Butter Coffee Cake from Hostess at Heart and this Blackberry Coffee Cake with Streusel Filling from Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish . Please pay them a visit and check out their delicious recipes!
Now what do you say we get to the Banana Bread coffee Cake recipe?
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup) softened
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2¼ cup flour
- For the topping:
- 2 heaping Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 heaping cup chopped pecans
- Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray, set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare topping mixture by mixing three ingredients together. Set aside.
- In your mixer cream your cream cheese until smooth, add in butter, continue to beat until creamy. Add in bananas, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon slowly until it's incorporated.
- Fold in about half of the topping mixture and pour the remaining into the bundt pan, evenly distributing it.
- Slowly pour batter over the topping, smooth it out.
- Bake for 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Invert onto a plate. Serve warm or room temperature.
If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela
This cake sounds amazing! I love banana bread and I love bundt cake, so it’s a perfect combo for me!
I wholeheartedly agree!
Delicious! I’ll have a big ole chunk with some cream cheese, please!
Love all the ingredients, especially the cream cheese and heapings of things! Perfect!!
Bananas. What’s not to love about their creamy texture. A handful of pecans and you have a perfect breakfast bread to start each day!
I looooooove bananas, and coffee cake, and anything with cream cheese in it! Toss some peacans into the mix, and I’m all over it! Beautiful coffee cake, Michaela! Love it!
This is going to the top of my “must make” list
I need to make this soon! It definitely won’t last long in my house!
That banana bread looks amazing and I love a great nanner bread but have to admit that post was painful. There are so many darned amazing photos of food that I’m feeling depressed that I don’t have any bananas!
This was delicious and my neighbor that I gave it to as a THANK you is begged me for the recipe! (Yes, I did share it,— )
I am so happy it was well received! <3
I love the topping on this bread. Super delicious! And what a show stopper. Thanks for the recipe.
I really like the pecan crumble. I bet they make that bread so delicious and rich. What a great way to start the day!
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My son always wants me to buy bananas and when I do he doesn’t eat them. I have gotten pretty familiar with freezing them for later. I haven’t made banana bread in a long time and this looks like the perfect way to use up all the bananas I have in my freezer!
This is absolutely perfect timing!! I just looked on my counter to find 6 very ripe bananas! I’ll be making this tonight!!! YAY!
I am so happy you liked it!!
Oh wow!! Love banana bread, That the one snack I could have every day!! This looks fab!
I love coffee cake! Combining that and banana bread is a brilliant idea!
A difinite to save for all my bananas that go soft before I can eat them. Delish!
This sounds amazing. Slice of this cake and a cup of coffee would be good.
This sounds fabulous