Banana Cake

Put your excess bananas to good use with this homemade banana cake recipe, topped with a decadent cream cheese frosting.?

How to Make Banana Cake

You'll find a detailed ingredient list and step-by-step instructions in the recipe below, but let's go over the basics:

Banana Cake Ingredients

These are the simple ingredients you?ll need to make this homemade banana cake recipe:

• For the cake: bananas, lemon juice, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, white sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and buttermilk
• For the frosting: butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and confectioners? sugar

How to Make a Banana Cake

Here?s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make this classic banana cake with cream cheese frosting:

1. Make the cake: Mix the mashed bananas and lemon juice. Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl and beat the sugar and butter in another. Beat in the eggs and vanilla, then combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir in the banana mixture.?
2. Bake the cake: Pour the batter into a prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove cake from the oven and place it directly into the freezer for 45 minutes.
3. Frost the cake: Cream the butter and cream cheese together for the frosting, then beat in the vanilla and confectioners? sugar. Allow the cake to cool completely, then frost the cake.?

How to Store Banana Cake

Store the frosted banana cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days.?

Can You Freeze Banana Cake? 

Yes, you can freeze unfrosted banana cake for up to three months. Wrap the cooled cake tightly in storage wrap, then wrap it in foil. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, then frost with freshly made frosting.?

Cookdap Community Tips and Praise

?I made this yesterday following the recipe exactly,? says JodyL. ?I?d never heard of baking a cake at 275 degrees F, but I did, and it was so delicious! Forget banana bread, I?m making this whenever I have bananas to use up! So good.?

?The cake was very good,? raves Laurie Wiederhold. ?I followed the recipe as written with the exception of adding a cup of walnuts to the batter.?

?To anyone reading this, do not hesitate to make this cake,? says PressureCooker. ?I think the cooking temperature and placing it in the freezer after baking is what makes this cake outstanding.?