Banana Cake

By á-1590

Ingredients

• CREAM CHEESE ICING:
• 1.5 cups very ripe bananas (3 fresh bananas or 4 thawed, previously frozen bananas)
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup soft butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1.5 cups buttermilk (OR milk soured with one tbsp vinegar or lemon juice)
• 1/2 c softened butter
• 8 oz cream cheese, room temp.
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3.5 cups icing sugar

Details

Adapted from happyhooligans.ca

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 275 degrees, and grease and flour (or spray), a 9×13 cake pan.

Mash banana and mix with lemon juice and set aside.

In a med bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

If you’re making your own buttermilk, combine milk and vinegar (or lemon juice) in a small bowl, and set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.

Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla.

Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.

Stir in bananas.

Pour into greased/floured (or sprayed) cake pan and bake at 275º for 1 hour and 10 mins (or until knife comes out clean).

ICING

Cream butter and cream cheese.
Beat in vanilla and icing sugar on low until combined, then high until smooth.
Frost cake