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Old-Fashioned Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Old-Fashioned Banana Cake is a tender, flavorful cake made with ripe bananas, a hint of spice, and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 1960's, cake
Servings: 12
Author: Apryl Niksch
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Equipment

Ingredients

DRY INGREDIENTS

  • 2 ⅔ c. unbleached flour
  • 2 T. cornstarch
  • 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt

WET INGREDIENTS

  • ½ c. butter room temp
  • ½ c. oil canola or extra light olive oil
  • 1 ⅔ c. sugar
  • 2 c. bananas mashed
  • 3 eggs (separate out whites)
  • 1 c. buttermilk or sour cream
  • 1 T. vanilla

FROSTING

  • ½ c. butter room temp
  • 8 oz. cream cheese room temp
  • 3 c. confectioners' sugar
  • 1 T. vanilla

Instructions

PREP

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare (3) 8” pans by spraying with cooking oil spray and flour lightly.
  • Whisk together dry ingredients in bowl and set aside.
  • Mash bananas and set aside.
  • Separate eggs. Add egg whites to mixer and whip up the egg whites until stiff peak, remove from mixing bowl and set aside.

BATTER

  • Add to mixer, the butter and sugar and cream together until light and fluffy.
  • Add in the egg yolks and vanilla and mix .
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Add the buttermilk and mix until just combined.
  • Fold in the whipped egg whites and stir by hand into the cake batter.

BAKE

  • Pour batter into greased cake pans up to 2/3 full.
  • Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.

FROSTING

  • In a mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
  • Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat together about 5 minutes.

ASSEMBLE CAKE

  • Slide a knife or spatula around cake to release from the sides. Turn cake out onto a piece of parchment paper.
  • Place one layer on cake plate and frost using an off-set spatula or pipe frosting using a piping bag around the perimeter of the cake and then fill in the center. Repeat this and add second layer on top of the first layer and frost.
  • Add the third cake layer and frost top layer and sides of the cake. Use a simple garnish like banana slices or pipe on the frosting.