Best Banana Cake Recipe
This is the Best Banana Cake recipe EVER! It’s moist and sweet and topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting!
The Best Banana Cake Recipe
If you love bananas or Banana Bread, you’re going to love this classic recipe!
This really is the BEST Banana Cake ever. I have been making this cake for several years now and everyone loves it and always asks me for the recipe.
I had some ripe bananas on the counter and rather than making Banana Muffins again I decided a cake sounded better. Cake almost always sounds better! When life gives you ripe bananas…make banana cake. Then, frost it with a cream cheese frosting. SO GOOD!!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: Tangy cream cheese frosting smothering a sweet banana cake. Think banana bread flavor!
Texture: Moist cake with a creamy frosting.
Ease: 5/10
Pros: Made with ripe bananas and pantry staple ingredients!
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes, this is a cake recipe I make over and over again!
Ingredients For Banana Cake
Ripe Bananas
Lemon Juice
All-Purpose Flour
Baking Soda
Kosher Salt
Unsalted Butter
Granulated Sugar
Large Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Buttermilk
Unsalted Butter
Whipped Cream Cheese
Heavy Cream
Powdered Sugar
How To Make Banana Cake
1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F and grease and flour a 9×13-inch metal cake pan.
2. In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and then pour lemon juice on top; set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
4. In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
6. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
7. Stir in banana mixture.
8. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Remove from the oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes.
The Best banana cake! It’s the only recipe I use. I fell in love with this cake years ago and have been using the same recipe since. My daughter in law requested it for her wedding cake and her birthdays !
– Teresa
How To Make Cream Cheese Frosting
1. Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
2. Beat in vanilla extract.
3. Add powdered sugar and heavy cream and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
4. Make sure you allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
Rebecca’s Tips For The Best Banana Cake
This cake is best served at room temperature.
You could also sprinkle chopped walnuts on top of the frosted cake if you’d like!
I have always followed this recipe as is since it was given to me. However, sometimes I have had to bake it longer than an hour depending on the pan I’m using, use a dark non-stick pan for best results.
Also, this recipe requires the cake to be placed in the freezer immediately from the oven. Make sure you’re using a pan that will not crack and have adequate space in the freezer.
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- Dirty Banana Cocktail – Basically a boozy milkshake!
- Banana Bread with Browned Butter – Meet your new favorite banana bread!
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This recipe was originally published in February 2015 and was updated in September 2019.
Banana Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1½ cups ripe bananas mashed (I used about 4 medium-sized bananas)
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cups buttermilk
Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 8 ounces whipped cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 275°F and grease and flour a 9×13-inch metal cake pan.
- On a dinner plate place the peeled bananas and use a fork to mash them.
- Then place bananas in a bowl and pour lemon juice on top; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream ¾ cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
- Stir in banana mixture.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes.
Frosting
- Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
- Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Add powdered sugar and heavy cream and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
- Spread on cooled cake.
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After baking at 275, it was not nearly done after an hour. Baked for an additional half hour but still stoggy. Are you sure about the oven temp?
Yes, the oven temp is correct and many readers have made the recipe with success. Did you make sure to use a 9×13-inch pan and allow the oven to preheat fully before putting the cake in?
The Best banana cake! It’s the only recipe I use. I fell in love with this cake years ago and have been using the same recipe since. My daughter in law requested it for her wedding cake and her birthdays !
I’m so glad you have enjoyed it for so many special celebrations!
I loved it!!!
D E L I C I O U S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!