Description
So light, so moist, and frosted with the dreamiest cream cheese icing—this cake is banana bliss on a plate! What makes it crazy? The low baking temp and cooling trick that locks in all that moisture. It’s soft, flavorful, and just sweet enough. Straight from oven to freezer to your fork. Try it once—you’ll never make banana cake another way!
Ingredients
Cake:
• 3 ripe bananas
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cups buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
1️⃣ Make the Cake Batter:
• Preheat oven to 275°F (135°C).
• In a bowl, mash bananas and lemon juice. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth.
• Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
• In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk to the butter mixture.
• Stir in mashed banana mixture.
2️⃣ Bake:
• Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan and pour in the batter.
• Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
3️⃣ Crazy Cooling Step:
• Immediately place the hot cake in the freezer for 1 hour.
• This locks in moisture and makes the cake ultra tender.
4️⃣ Make the Frosting:
• Beat together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until smooth and fluffy.
5️⃣ Frost & Serve:
• Remove cake from freezer once cooled.
• Frost evenly with cream cheese icing.
• Slice and serve!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes- Chill Time (Freezer): 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (approx. 150g)
- Calories: ~440 kcal
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: <0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 59g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
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