Banana Snack Cake With Delicious Cream Cheese Frosting

This is a favorite at my house, I make it often!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar (more or less to taste)
• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 1  cup  mashed ripe banana
• 1⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2-1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon clove (can use more to taste)
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg (can use more to taste)
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts (optional) or 1⁄2 cup  mini chocolate chip (optional)

• FROSTING

• 2  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2  tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 -1 1⁄2 tablespoon  whipping cream (unwhipped) or 1 -1 1⁄2 tablespoon half-and-half cream
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Set oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a 8 or 9-inch square baking dish.
3. In a large bowl, beat sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
4. Add in the mashed bananas, buttermilk, vanilla and egg; mix well.
5. In a small bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
6. Add into the creamed mixture; mix well.
7. Stir in the nuts or chocolate chips.
8. Spread the batter into prepared baking pan.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the cake test done, and is a golden brown.
10. Cool completely before frosting.
11. For frosting: In a medium bowl, combine all frosting ingredients.
12. Beat until smooth and creamy.
13. Spread over cooled cake.