Best Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted in October 5, 2012

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/8 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups icing sugar

Garnish

chopped walnuts


Directions:

1-
Preheat oven to 275°. 

2- Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. 

3- In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. 

4- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. 

5- In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy. 

6- Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla. 

7- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. 

8- Stir in banana mixture. 

9- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 

10- Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist. 

11- For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. 

12- Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. 

13- Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. 

14- Spread on cooled cake. 

15- Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.