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Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is full of banana flavor and topped with lots of goodness.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings: 1 cake
Calories: 4152kcal
Author: bake or break / Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 1/4 c milk
  • Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 4 ounces of cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 – 3 Tablespoons chopped walnuts optional
  • caramel ice cream topping optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8×8 pan with flour baking spray.
  • Whisk dry ingredients together and set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter, oil and sugar. Beat eggs and egg white in one at a time. Add vanilla and mix well.
  • In another bowl mash bananas and add milk, stir until combined.
  • Gradually add dry mix into sugar mixture mixing well. Add banana mixture, combine well.
  • Placing batter and smoothing into pan, bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool.

Frosting:

  • Cream together cream cheese and vanilla, add sugar and continue to cream together.
  • Spread frosting onto cooled cake.


Notes

I topped mine with some drizzled caramel ice cream topping and about 2 Tablespoons of chopped walnuts.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 4152kcal | Carbohydrates: 656g | Protein: 62g | Fat: 152g | Saturated Fat: 66g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 74g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 643mg | Sodium: 2870mg | Fiber: 21g | Sugar: 400g