Banana Cake with Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting
This delicious recipe for Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting whirls up easily in your blender for perfect results every time.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 10-12 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup of mashed ripe bananas (2-3)
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
For the frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 3 tablespoons of butter at room temperature.
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans or other nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
- Place butter, banana, sugar, vanilla, eggs and milk into a blender and process until smooth.
- Mix baking soda with flour and add to blender. Process until just combined (it helps to give it a start with a spoon – give it a nice stir before you blend).
- Put batter in springform pan and bake until toothpick comes out clean, about one hour.
- When cake is cool, make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter together until fluffy and well-combined. On the slowest setting, beat in sugar and then vanilla. If the frosting seems too thick to you, add a tablespoon of milk.
- Frost the top only of the cake (sprinkle with pecans if you want to!) and serve!
Notes
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- Bananas: Use those ripe ones that are starting to get lots of brown spots – those will smoosh up the easiest.
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- Self Rising Flour: This is flour with a little bit of leavening in it already…you can find it in the baking aisle.
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- Cream Cheese: We recommend regular cream cheese (not the low fat kind) for the best texture and flavor.
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- Pecans: These are totally optional! But if you want to fancy up your frosting, they are a great add