Scratch-Made Banana Cake w/ Peanut Butter Frosting

By srumbel

Scratch-Made Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe a fluffy and light cake that's smothered in a silky smooth peanut butter frosting. This is a celebration cake at it's best!
from calmepmc.com

Ingredients

• CAKE
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup over-ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• FROSTING
• 1 and 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 1 and 2/3 to 3/4 cup confectionate sugar, sifted

Preparation

Step 1

CAKE
Spray three 8-inch or 9-inch round baking pans with nons-stick spray.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl beat eggs until frothy. Add vegetable oil and whisk until well combined.
In another large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt.
Add egg mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until combined. Do not over work this mixture.
Stir in vanilla and bananas carefully.
Evenly distribute the batter between your three cake pans.
Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 21 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned. Test cake with a wooden pick, when the pick comes out with no crumbs or dry crumbs the cake is done.
Allow cake to cool completely before frosting with peanut butter frosting.

FROSTING
Cream peanut butter and butter together in an electric mixer until smooth.
Slowly add confectionate sugar and cream until mixer is smooth.
Add enough sugar that the miser is spreadable but still smooth.
Frost cake.

Serves: 14