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!
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
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.