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Ingredients
- Frosting:
- Butter, for greasing pans
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting pans
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, beaten
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
- 1 lb. confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
Details
Servings 18
Adapted from Cooking.com
Preparation
Step 1
Butter and flour three 9 inch round cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the eggs and oil and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat. Stir in banana, walnuts and vanilla. Divide the matter among the prepared pans and bake for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. cool the cake layers in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn them out onto a rack to cool completely. While the cake cooks, make the frosting.
In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the walnuts or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake. Fill and frost the cake when it it completely cool
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