Mary's Best-Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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9-12
ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed down
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 3 large bananas, ripened until peels turn completely black, then peeled and mashed with a fork
- 1⁄2 cup 2% low-fat milk
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 ounces Philadelphia Cream Cheese (unwrap cheese, place in a microwave on HIGH for 10 seconds or till softened)
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease with vegetable shortening, the sides and bottom of a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan; set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine both types of sugar.
- Add the oil and mix well.
- Add the beaten eggs, mashed banana, and milk; mix well.
- In another medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine with a wire whisk, the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time to the banana mixture, mixing after each flour addition just until incorporated.
- Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract as the last ingredient to be added to the batter; mix well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Place cake on a wire rack to cool completely. Frost with cream cheese frosting, if desired.
- Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions: In a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese and butter together. Add the powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, beating until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled banana cake.
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Reviews
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Oh my. This was sooo good! My husband doesn't like bananas, yet he devoured this! I had 3 bananas that were just too ripe to eat, and I tire quickly of banana bread, so I went searching for a banana cake. I don't know why, but this one caught my eye. I'm so glad it did. I will definitely be making this again. Oh, and it has to have the frosting... just because it's that amazing!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Lindas Kitch
United States