Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

By cecelia26_

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 (18.25 oz.) Box Yellow Cake Mix
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 c. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
• 1 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
• Filling:
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. Cream Cheese, softened
• 2 Eggs
• 2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 (16 oz.) Box (3 3/4 c.) Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 c. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
• 2 Ripe Bananas, mashed (not brown ripe like for banana bread and not green…just nice and yellow)
• 1 c. Maraschino Cherries
• 1 c. Pecans, toasted and chopped
• 8 oz. Pineapple Tidbits

Details

Servings 18
Adapted from dessertedplanet.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with nonstick cooking spray.

For the Cake:
1.In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, egg, butter and vanilla on medium speed until well combined. Pat into the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.

For the Filling:
1.Still using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat in mashed bananas. Dump in the powdered sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well. Beat in cherries, pecans and pineapple tidbits until just combined. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Bake for 45 minutes or until filling is firm in the middle.