Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting: A Sweet Delight for Every Occasion
Ultra-moist banana cake packed with ripe banana flavor, topped with a velvety cream cheese frosting. This crowd-pleasing dessert is perfect for using up overripe bananas and comes together in one bowl!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour (plus cooling)
- Yield: 15 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- For Cake:
- 2½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 3 very ripe bananas (about 1½ cups mashed)
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (150g) brown sugar
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, melted
- ⅓ cup (80ml) vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup (120ml) buttermilk
- For Frosting:
- 8 oz (225g) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups (360g) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line a 9×13-inch pan.
- Dry ingredients: Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Wet ingredients: In separate bowl, mash bananas. Whisk in sugars, melted butter, oil, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- Combine: Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk to banana mixture in 3 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Bake: Pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, then vanilla and salt. Spread over cooled cake.
- Serve: Garnish with banana slices or chopped nuts if desired.
Notes
- Banana tip: The blacker the bananas, the sweeter the cake
- No buttermilk? Use ½ cup milk + ½ tbsp lemon juice
- Make ahead: Cake tastes even better the next day
- Storage: Refrigerate up to 5 days due to frosting
- Freezing: Freeze unfrosted cake up to 3 months
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
