When I was a little girl my Aunt used to make a banana cake every now and then. I still crave it so I asked her to share her recipe. She had to go by memory so I made a few changes but this is basically it.
For the frosting, I used cream cheese however you can also use buttercream if you don’t have cream cheese on-hand.
Like many of my recipes, this is simple to put together!
For the top of the cake I added chopped walnuts. You can also try coconut or shaved chocolate!
My Aunt's banana cake recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup smashed banana ( I used one medium banana)
- 1 cup regular or buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup or one cube of butter, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Chopped walnuts for topping
- Frosting: Beat one cup cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter (one stick), 1 tsp vanilla, about 3 cups sifted powdered sugar. Sifting will help remove the lumps.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8X8 inch cake pan and line with parchment paper.
- In a medium size bowl, add flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter, sugars, and maple syrup for about 2 minutes.
- Add smashed banana, buttermilk, maple syrup, and egg. Stir until smooth and combined.
- Add dry ingredients. Stir until smooth.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for about 45-50 or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 20-30 minutes prior to removing.
- Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
- While cake cools, make frosting.
- In a medium size bowl, beat cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla. Beat until mixed in. Gradually add powdered sugar and whip until desired consistency. If you'd like a thinner frosting, add 2 tsp milk.
- Frost cake and sprinkle with desired toppings: walnuts, coconut, or chocolate shavings.
