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Homemade Banana Cake
Homemade Banana Cake- a delicious, moist and flavorful cake filled with banana flavor and topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting! This banana cake recipe has been used for birthday parties, holidays and even weddings!
Course Dessert
Keyword Best Homemade Banana Cake
2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening, such as Crisco baking sticks 1 cup mashed bananas 2/3 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting 1/2 cup butter softened 1 pkg cream cheese, 8 ounces softened 1 tsp vanilla 3 cups powdered sugar, more if needed
Banana Cake Grease and lightly flour two round pans or a 13x9 cake pan.
Cream shortening, banana, sugar, and eggs together until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and add to wet mixture. Beat for 2 minutes on medium.
Turn batter into pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Allow to cool before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting Beat together butter and cream cheese with electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
Beat in Vanilla and powdered sugar until desired consistency is met. You may add a touch of milk if frosting gets too thick.