A Crazy Magic Banana Cake Recipe You'll Go Ape Over Is What's for Dessert by Ann Marie G. Halstead

My friend Sherry is great about sharing her recipes on social media for others to enjoy. Her banana cake recipe is the one that people really go crazy for. This moist banana cake is the perfect dessert to serve any time of the year after dinner with a cup of coffee or glass of milk. The moist homemade cake also makes a wonderful sweet snack. 

Friends and family not only ask her for the recipe, but they even ask her to bake it for them! Luckily for all of us, she shared the easy banana cake recipe with me. To make this crazy banana cake recipe you will need overripe bananas, flour, buttermilk, butter, baking soda, lemon juice, powered sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, salt, powdered sugar and cream cheese. Check out the health benefits of bananas.

This cake bakes for a longer time at a lower temperature, resulting in a crazy good, moist cake. Try it today for dessert or as a sweet snack, and be sure to share with your friends and family! 

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 1/2 hours
Servings: 16

Ingredients

Cake 

• 1 1/2 cups very ripe fresh bananas
• 2 cups flour (you can use gluten-free flour)
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cups softened butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Icing

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Here's how to make it: 

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13x9-inch baking pan.
2. Mash bananas and mix with lemon juice. Set aside. (Be sure to use very ripe bananas for this recipe.)
3. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. (For a gluten-free cake, use gluten-free flour.)
4. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Beat eggs in one at a time. Add vanilla.
5. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in bananas. (Love cinnamon? Sprinkle some into the cake batter and/or cake frosting.)
6. Pour into cake pan and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a fork comes out clean. If needed, cook longer, checking every 10 minutes until cake is fully cooked.
   
7. Remove cake from oven and immediately place in freezer for 45 minutes. If not completely cool upon removal from freezer, let cool further before icing.
8. To make the icing, cream butter and cream cheese together. Beat in vanilla and powdered sugar on low until combined, then on high until smooth. Frost cooled cake with the icing. Store the cake in an airtight container to keep it fresh.
   

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