Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas about 3 bananas
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch kosher salt
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
- In a small bowl, mix the mashed bananas and lemon juice.
- Beat the butter with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating well. Add the vanilla and eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternately with the buttermilk. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition, scraping down the bowl as needed. Stir in the banana mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes our clean. Cool Completely in pan on wire rack (or freeze 45 minutes for faster cooling).
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat the butter and cream cheese with a mixer at medium-high speed until creamy, 3 minutes. Gradually add the powdered sugar at low speed until blended. Increase the speed to medium. Add the vanilla and salt. Beat 1 minute until light and fluffy. Spread the frosting on the top of the cake.