It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of my favorite recipes. This banana cake with cream cheese frosting recipes is one of my all-time favorites, but I must warn you, it’s definitely not light on the calories! Although, when you are enjoying such a decadent dessert, do calories really count? 🙂 Enjoy!
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
½ cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3 medium)
Frosting (see below)
Cream Cheese Frosting:
½ cup (1 stick) butter at room temperature
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 ¾ cups powdered sugar (sift if desired)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 15-by-10-inch sheet pan/cake pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar, then add eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Hand stir in mashed bananas.
Spread into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cake cool.
Prepare cream cheese frosting.
Spread on top of cake and store in refrigerator. Cake can be frozen.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Gradually beat in enough powdered sugar to achieve desired consistency.