Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

There's banana bread, and then there's banana cake with cream cheese frosting!!! Both are a great way to use up ripe bananas, but this banana cake is so tender and moist, you'll be making it on repeat!

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Banana cake, banana cake with cream cheese frosting, banana sheet cake, banana snacking cake

Servings: people

Calories: 590kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the cake batter

1/2 cup softened butter 1 stick
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas about 4 bananas
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda

For the frosting:

1/2 cup softened butter 1 stick
(1) 8 oz softened block cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp heavy whipping cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease your 9x13 baking pan. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and sugar.
Crack in the eggs, then add the sour cream, vanilla extract and mashed bananas. Whisk until smooth (it's ok if there's a few lumps of banana).
Once mixed, fold in the flour, ground cinnamon and baking soda to form a batter.
Transfer the batter to your prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.

For the frosting:

While the cake is baking, add softened butter and softened cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer. Whip until light and fluffy.
Add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing in between to avoid a big mess!
Lastly, add the heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract. Mix one more time until the frosting is extremely smooth and creamy.
Using an offset spatula, spread the frosting on the surface of the cooled cake.

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