Easy Banana Cake Recipe
The BEST homemade banana cake recipe. The soft and moist banana cake is topped with a cream cheese frosting, so delicious.
Ingredients
banana cake-
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable (or extra light olive oil)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, measured then sifted
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
cream cheese frosting-
- 12 oz cream cheese, room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9"x13" baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix together sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. Then add the oil, vanilla, sour cream, and mashed bananas. To the bowl, add in the sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Gently stir the dry ingredients on top then beat with the wet ingredients. If adding walnuts, fold into batter.
- Pour the banana cake batter to the baking pan and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until golden and when toothpick is inserted to center comes out clean.
- Once cooked, remove from baking pan and add to a cooling rack and cool compleetly.
- In a large bowl, with a mixer, beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add the vanilla, powdered sugar and mix beat. Pour in the heavy cream and beat until mixture is fluffy and combined.
- Once the cake is completely cooled, spread the cream cheese frosting on top of the cake and top with chopped walnuts.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Note: This recipe has been slightly altered than original ingredients and video.