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Prep time
20 minutes
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Cook time
1 hour 10 minutes
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Serves
12
Author Notes
A fluffy flavorful rustic banana cake that everyone will love. With a mild banana flavor and a rich cream cheese frosting, this is a lovely cake to make anytime of year. —simmerandsauce
Ingredients
- For the cake:
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1 1/2 cups
very ripe bananas
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2 teaspoons
lemon juice
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3 cups
all-purpose flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons
baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon
salt
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3/4 cup
unsalted butter, room temperature
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3
eggs
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2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
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1 1/2 cups
buttermilk
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1 1/2 cups
sugar
- For the Frosting:
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1/2 cup
unsalted butter, room temperature
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8 ounces
cream cheese, room temperature
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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3 cups
confectioners' sugar
Directions
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For the Cake: Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9×13 baking pan. Set aside.
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In a small mixing bowl, mash the bananas well. Add the lemon juice and mix well to incorporate.
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In a separate medium size bowl, add the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well and set aside.
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Using a kitchen mixer, such as A KitchenAid, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
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Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time. Add the vanilla.
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Slowly, while alternating, add the flour and buttermilk, mixing well to incorporate.
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Add the bananas and mix well to incorporate.
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Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or till a cake tester comes out clean.
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For the frosting: In a kitchen mixer, such as a KitchanAid, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and cream cheese on high till smooth and well incorporated.
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Add the vanilla. With the mixer on low, slowly add the sugar and mix well. Put the mixer on high to make the frosting very smooth and free of any lumps.
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To assemble the cake: When the cake has cooled, remove it from the baking pan and set on a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, trim the top of the cake to make level as much as possible, timing away any harder brown crust areas.
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Using an off-set spatula, frost the top of cake. Do not frost the sides.
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Using a slicer knife, run the blade under hot water. Wipe dry and trim the side off the cake removing the harder brown crust exposing the lovely banana cake inside. Clean the knife under hot water and repeat with the remaining sides.
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