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BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

This Banana Cake recipe is moist and full of banana flavor. Pairs perfectly with cream cheese frosting.
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Ingredients
  

CAKE BATTER
  • 3 large ripe bananas (mashed)
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup softened butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups buttermilk (or milk soured with one tbsp vinegar or lemon juice)
FROSTING
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 6 oz softened cream cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Method
 

CAKE BATTER
  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees and grease or spray a 9x13 cake pan.
  2. Mash banana in a small bowl and mix with the juice of one lemon and set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  4. If you're making your own buttermilk, mix together the milk and lemon juice and set aside.
  5. In a large bowl (or a large stand mixer), cream the butter and sugar.
  6. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract.
  7. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
  8. Stir in bananas.
  9. Pour into cake pan and bake for 1 hr and 10 minutes (or until knife comes out clean). After an hour, check every 5 to ten minutes.
  10. Immediately place in the freezer for minutes. Make sure it's completely cool before frosting.
FROSTING
  1. Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla.
  2. Add the powdered sugar until smooth.
  3. Frost the cake and enjoy!

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