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Blueberry Banana Bundt Cake with Blueberry Buttercream Frosting

Made from scratch, this Blueberry Banana Bundt Cake is a moist and flavorful cake, using ripe bananas and fresh blueberries.  It's glistened with vanilla glaze and then decorated with blueberry buttercream frosting and more fresh blueberries.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, banana blueberry recipes, blueberry, blueberry buttercream, bundt cake, fresh blueberries, ripe bananas, ways to use ripe bananas
Servings: 1 Bundt Cake
Calories: 396kcal
Author: Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 6 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 cup blueberry yogurt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons butter softened
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • dash of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries tossed in 1/4 cup flour

For the Vanilla Glaze

  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 Tablespoon milk

For the Blueberry Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 sticks 1 cup of butter, very soft
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 Tablespoons cream
  • 1/2 cup fresh blueberries for decorating

Instructions

  • PREPARE THE FROSTING: Combine blueberries and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring them constantly and smashing them as you stir. In about 10 minutes you will have a dark blueberry reduction.
  • Take the blueberry reduction and strain it through a fine mesh strainer. You will need to push it through, using a scraping motion to get all of it through. Discard the large chunks left in the strainer and cool the puree completely before moving on to the next step.
  • Place the softened butter in the bowl of your mixer. Beat the butter on medium high for 2 minutes to get it nice and smooth. Add in 1/4 cup blueberry puree and beat again for 1 minute.
  • Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time on low speed. After the sugar is all mixed in, add in the cream and the salt and beat the frosting on high for 2 minutes more. The frosting will be nice and fluffy!
  • PREPARE THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray your bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Add ripe bananas to a small bowl and "mash" them with your mixer. Add in eggs, vanilla and yogurt and mix to combine.
  • In another bowl, cream together softened butter with both the granulated sugar and the brown sugar. Add banana mixture to sugar mixture and mix well.
  • Toss blueberries with flour set aside.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into another bowl. Add flour mixture to wet mixture little by little mixing to combine.
  • Fold in floured blueberries by hand. Pour into the prepared bundt cake pan.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool slightly before inverting cake onto a plate.
  • PREPARE GLAZE: mix powdered sugar, vanilla and milk together. Drizzle over warm cake. Cool.
  • Pipe the frosting onto the cake using a cake decorator or a gallon sized ziplock bag with the corner cut off.
  • Garnish with fresh blueberries.
  • Keep any uneaten cake in the refrigerator.

Notes

Tip: I make my frosting first because it has a bit of a cooling period.
Frozen blueberries can be used for the cake and the frosting if fresh cannot be found. If using in the cake be sure to thaw and drain the liquid from them. You will want to increase the flour a bit that you toss them in, to 1/3 cup. Frozen blueberries in the frosting: do not thaw before making the blueberry puree.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 83g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 268mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 56g