Banana-Sour Cream Cake

By nancyjcanzi

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup mashed fully ripe bananas (about 3)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 1 cup walnut pieces, finely chopped

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350°F.

BEAT first 5 ingredients with mixer until well blended. Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch pan.

BAKE 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool completely.

BEAT cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually beat in sugar.

REMOVE cake from pan; cut crosswise in half. Stack cake pieces on plate, spreading some of the frosting between layers. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting. Press nuts into frosting on sides of cake.
kraft kitchens tipsHow to Neatly Frost the Cake
Freeze cake layers about 20 min. before frosting. This helps to set the crumbs on the cut edges of the cake layers so they don't pull up into the frosting. And don't worry if the frosting does not look perfect on the sides of the cake--the nuts will cover any imperfections.
How to Cut the Cake
For ease in cutting, first cut the layer cake lengthwise, then crosswise 8 times.