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Easy Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

This Easy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is moist, tender, and full of sweet banana flavor. Then topped for a creamy maple frosting, for the ultimate dessert.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Easy Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 12 Slices

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

  • ½ cup Butter softened
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Bananas mashed
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 3 cups Self-rising flour

WHIPPED CREAM:

  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 2 tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

MAPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

  • ½ cup Butter softened
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese softneed
  • 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon Maple Flavoring
  • 6 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions

  1. First, whip the Heavy Cream; In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the Heavy Cream, Sugar, and Vanilla, and whip on low just until ingredients are mixed, then turn mixer to medium speed until it starts to thicken.
  2. Turn on high, and whip until stiff peaks form With a spatula, gently place the thickened cream in a bowl, and place it in the refrigerator.
  3. In the mixing bowl, add the Softened Butter, Eggs, and Sugar, and blend until smooth and creamy.
  4. Add the mashed Banana's and blend until smooth.
  5. Add the vanilla, and mix.
  6. Add the Self-rising Flour, a little at a time, blending between additions, and scraping down the mixing bowl, and blend until the batter is mixed.

  7. Gently fold in the whipped cream.

  8. Grease and Flour a 9 X 13 dish, and pour the batter in the dish, and smooth out evenly.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, and the cake is light golden brown.
  10. Remove to a wire rack, and cool in the dish.
  11. When the cake has cooled completely, make the Frosting: In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the softened Butter, Cream Cheese, Maple Syrup, and Maple Flavoring, and mix on low speed until blended.
  12. Turn mixer to high, and whip for 1 minute.
  13. Add the Powdered Sugar a little at a time, blending between each addition until all the powdered sugar has been added, and mixed.
  14. Scrape down the mixing bowl, and blend until smooth.
  15. Frost the cooled cake, right in the dish with the Frosting, using a swirl on top of the cake.
  16. Refrigerate the cake until time to serve.
  17. Cut the cake in 3 X 3 inch pieces, serve, and Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.