Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
All-time favorite recipe for using overripe banana. Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is ultra moist, rich and packed with amazing banana flavor.
Once you try this recipe, I’m sure you will agree it is the best banana cake you have ever had! This banana cake gets rave reviews whenever I make it and is my number one most requested cake to make! I always buy extra bananas so I can have some overripe ones for this recipe as well as my Banana Bread or Banana Muffins.The secret to this cake being so moist is taking it out of the oven and immediately placing it in the freezer for 30 minutes to cool. Don’t skip this step as it takes this banana cake recipe to a whole new level of moist and delicious! Once cooled I slather it with fluffy cream cheese frosting.
How to make Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Start with ingredients at room temperature.
- Bananas must be overripe. For baking, I like to use bananas that are mostly brown but still have a few yellow areas.
- I use buttermilk in this recipe. It adds to the soft texture, moistness and gives a bit of a tang. Can you substitute milk for the buttermilk in this cake? Although I prefer buttermilk, if you don’t have it available you can substitute with 1 1/2 cups of whole milk and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar. Stir and let stand for 5-10 minutes.
- If you love cream cheese frosting, you may want to double the cream cheese frosting in this recipe.
- I usually make this recipe in a 9 x 13 baking pan or 10 inch round pan which may require a longer baking time. I also bake on convection mode in my oven. If using a regular oven baking time may vary. Be sure to test with a toothpick, when inserted into center of cake the toothpick comes out clean.
- Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting tastes best served chilled so cover and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. It will keep refrigerated for up to 3 days.
Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
My All Time favourite recipe for Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese frosting. Ultra moist and incredibly flavourful.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups very ripe bananas mashed
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- Frosting double recipe if you like lots of frosting
- 1 package cream cheese softened 8oz
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups icing sugar confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- Grease and flour 9 x 13 pan or 10 inch round.
- Mash bananas with lemon juice, set aside.
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt together.
- In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Mix in flour mixture a bit at a time alternating with the buttermilk.
- Stir in banana mixture.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for about 1 hour (may required longer baking time depending on pan you use. Test with toothpick, when inserted in center of cake toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 30 minutes. (makes cake very moist)
- After 30 minutes remove from freezer, frost with cream cheese frosting.
- Keep cake refrigerated until ready to serve.
- Frosting
- Cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Add vanilla.
- Add icing sugar, combine, then beat on high speed until frosting is smooth.
- Spread on cooled cake.
Notes
I like to have a thick layer of cream cheese frosting so I usually double the frosting recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 602kcalCarbohydrates: 98gProtein: 6gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 424mgPotassium: 160mgFiber: 1gSugar: 72gVitamin A: 712IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 2mg
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This looks lovey, just wandering the temperature is in fahrenheit or celsius?
Saaya, it is baked at 275 degrees fahrenheit. I know it sounds like a low temperature for baking a cake, but it works!
can switch the butter milk for normal milk or is there something else i can use in place of it…ty
Barnie, I have always used buttermilk, but you could make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tbsp of lemon juice to 1 cup measuring cup, then fill up with milk. Stir then let sit 2 minutes. (now you have homemade buttermilk)
GREAT RECIPE. I understand you can make muffins or cupcakes with this recipe. I need to try this.
Hi Will egg whites work the same as whole eggs
Nope, sorry, this recipe needs whole eggs to turn out right.
Hi Kelli, the temperature will be the same, bit may have to bake 10 or so longer, check with tooth pick test at 1 hour , then every 5 minutes after that. Done when toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean.
you don’t see banana cake very often. this sounds like a great recipe. i love cream cheese frosting too!
Dina, thank you kindly. Cream Cheese frosting is one of my fans! I get a little carried away with sampling it as I am frosting the cake.
Don’t have a convection oven. What temp & time for conventional oven?
How long did you bake the 9″ round & cupcakes?
Hi Mrs G, I baked the cake for 60 minutes (convection oven), cupcakes for 40 minutes. It would probably work much easier to use 2 round 8 inch pans or just 1 9×13. As every oven tends to bake differently, make sure you use the toothpick to test doneness.
Thanks! I would also like to confirm the baking temperature (275°). This recipe sounds fabulous. I plan to make it tomorrow so I want to make sure I get it right. Thanks again!!! 🙂
Mrs. G, the baking temperature is 275 degrees. Let me know how it turns out!
Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in centre come out clean.
Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 30 minutes. (makes cake very moist)
YOU MEAN TO SAY… no need to cool down the cake first before freezing it??? am i reading this right? hope to hear from you soon.. eager to try this… thanks!
Hi Babestango, yes immediately after taking cake out of oven, put into freezer for 30 minutes, then remove from freezer, add frosting, then keep refrigerated.
What is icing sugar?? I have never heard of it..do you mead powered sugar?? HELP PLEASE!!
Yes icing sugar and powdered sugar are the same thing 🙂