Best 10 Banana And Walnut Cake Recipes

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In the realm of delectable treats, banana and walnut cake stands as a culinary masterpiece, captivating taste buds with its harmonious blend of flavors and textures. This delectable treat offers a delightful symphony of sweet banana and nutty walnuts, united by a moist, tender crumb. Whether you're a seasoned baker seeking a new culinary adventure or a novice cook eager to impress your loved ones, this article will guide you through the essential steps of creating a perfect banana and walnut cake.

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BANANA WALNUT CAKE



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Banana Walnut Cake is a ridiculously easy one layer ultra moist cake loaded with flavor and topped with a rich cream cheese frosting.

Provided by Tessa Arias

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 18

3 cups (372 grams) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
10 tablespoons (142 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (100 grams) light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups (300 grams) mashed bananas, from about 4 medium bananas
1 cup (227 grams) sour cream
1/2 cup whole milk
3/4 cup (106 grams) chopped California walnuts
8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups (250 grams) powdered sugar, sifted
Chopped walnuts, for garnish

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in the vanilla and then the eggs, one at a time. On low speed beat in half the dry ingredients then the bananas, sour cream, and milk. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients. Gently stir in the walnuts.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely. Unfrosted cake can be well wrapped and frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature before frosting.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla on medium-high speed until very light, creamy, and smooth. On low speed gradually add in the sugar and beat until fluffy.
  • Spread the frosting over the cooled cake. Garnish with chopped walnuts. For cleaner cuts, refrigerate for 30 minutes before slicing and serving. Store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Serve at room temperature.

BANANA WALNUT CAKE



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Make and share this Banana Walnut Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chef 313014

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup milk
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
3 cups unsifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F In a large mixing bowl cream butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Mix mashed bananas and milk together.
  • Blend dry ingredients into batter alternating with banana mixture. Stir in chopped nuts.
  • Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round or square baking pans.
  • Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool 10 minutes, then turn out on racks until thoroughly cool. When ready to serve frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
  • Cream Cheese Frosting: In mixing bowl, stir cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread mixture between layers and around sides.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 788.4, Fat 31.1, SaturatedFat 13.7, Cholesterol 134.3, Sodium 586, Carbohydrate 121, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 87.6, Protein 10.5

BANANA NUT CAKE



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A very old banana nut cake recipe which has been handed down through my family.

Provided by Suzanne Stull

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 3h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 tablespoons buttermilk
½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup chopped pecans
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
¼ cup pecan halves, or to taste

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
  • Separate the eggs and set aside.
  • Stir the baking soda into the buttermilk. Cream 1/2 cup of the butter or margarine with the white sugar. Add the egg yolks, and vanilla, beating well. Add flour alternately with the mashed bananas. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
  • Beat the egg whites until stiff. Stir the pecans into the cake batter then fold in the egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until cakes test done. Let cakes cool in pans.
  • To Make Icing: Cream 3 tablespoons butter or margarine with the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the heavy cream until well blended. Spread icing on to cooled cake layers. Top with pecan halves if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.1 calories, Carbohydrate 65.6 g, Cholesterol 64.3 mg, Fat 21.2 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.6 g, Sodium 199 mg, Sugar 49 g

BANANA & WALNUT CAKE.



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Soft fluffy Walnut and Banana cake, not to sweet and just right!

Provided by norikoneko

Time 55m

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

113g Butter (4oz) Room Temperature
1 tbsp Semi-Skimmer Milk
2 Bananas
2 Medium Eggs
226g Self-Raising Flour (8oz)
113g Brown Sugar (4oz)
1/2 tsp of Bicarbonate Soda
1 tsp Vanilla Essence (More if you want)
150g Walnuts (Chopped or whole)

Steps:

  • Turn oven on to 180C, 160C for fan oven or gas mark 4. Have your ingrediants ready.
  • Put everything except the walnuts in a bowl and mix together, I personally use my hands and a spoon or fork to get the right consistancy and make sure there's no lumps.
  • Add the Walnuts in when the mixture is smooth and make sure it's mixed together.
  • Put mix into a cake tin, I personally used a deep cake tin but a Sponge or Loaf tin should do fine. Butter the tin to make sure the cake comes out smoothly. Place some walnuts on top and make sure it's even. Place in oven for 35-45minutes, keep checking on it.
  • When you take your cake out the oven make sure it has risen nicely and isn't gooey in the inside. Let it cool for a bit then keep it on a cooling rack to harden a little so you don't make a mess while cutting. The walnuts should be nice and slightly crispy when you eat it.
  • You could do two of these and put icing on the top and in the centre, I've yet to try it but very tempting as the final product is so light, fluffy and doesn't taste overly sweet. It also satisfies very well after dinner. (I've personally had a Gastric Bypass and found this lovely to have!)

BANANA & WALNUT LOAF



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This homely and wholesome cake is also light and moist, with the natural sweetness of sticky bananas and the warm toastiness of nuts

Provided by Gregg Wallace

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat

Time 1h15m

Yield Cuts into 8 slices

Number Of Ingredients 8

100g softened butter, plus a little extra for greasing
140g caster sugar
1 beaten egg
225g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
4 very ripe bananas
85g chopped walnuts
50ml milk

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 2lb loaf tin with some butter and line the base with baking parchment, then grease this as well.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg, then slowly mix in flour and baking powder. Peel, then mash the bananas. Now mix everything together, including the nuts.
  • Pour your mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack before removing from the loaf tin. The loaf can now be wrapped tightly in cling film and kept for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 1 month. Defrost and warm through before serving. Serve in thick slices topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a little Easy chocolate sauce (see recipe, below).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 399 calories, Fat 20 grams fat, SaturatedFat 8 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 53 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 30 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.54 milligram of sodium

QUICK BANANA NUT CAKE



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Great snack cake. An Amish favorite.

Provided by BRENDA62

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup white sugar
½ cup butter
¼ cup milk
2 eggs, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 pinch salt
1 cup mashed bananas
½ cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
  • Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; mix in milk, eggs, and vanilla extract.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt together in a bowl; stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined. Fold in bananas and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake into the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.3 calories, Carbohydrate 38.2 g, Cholesterol 51.7 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 255.2 mg, Sugar 19.5 g

BANANA WALNUT CAKE



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I like to serve this cake for family birthdays. It's everyone's favorite, and you can freeze it ahead...it's tastier with age!

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h

Yield 16-20 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 package banana cake mix (regular size)
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 medium ripe bananas
3 large eggs
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts
CRUMB TOPPING:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter

Steps:

  • Place first seven ingredients in a large bowl. Beat on low speed just until combined, then on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan or a 13x9-in. baking pan. , In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle evenly over batter. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Cool. Store well-wrapped in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts :

BANANA WALNUT COFFEE CAKE



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Make and share this Banana Walnut Coffee Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by motherof4boys

Categories     Breads

Time 1h30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 firm ripe banana, for slicing
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
confectioners' sugar (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter a 10 inch tube pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess, and set aside.
  • Combine walnuts, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • Set aside.
  • To make banana batter, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper.
  • Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on high until light. Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat in sour cream, mashed bananas and vanilla.
  • Change mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture just until blended.
  • Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan.
  • Scatter half of the walnut and sugar sprinkle over the batter.
  • Thinly slice the third banana over the batter.
  • Top with remaining batter and scatter rest of walnut and sugar sprinkle over top.
  • Bake about 1 hour and 15 minutes, when skewer inserted comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Carefully loosen the cake from the sides then invert onto wire rack turning right side up.
  • Sprinkle with confectioners sugar, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 542.3, Fat 30.1, SaturatedFat 13.4, Cholesterol 84.3, Sodium 164.4, Carbohydrate 65.3, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 43.1, Protein 6.5

BANANA CHOCOLATE WALNUT CAKE



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A great way to use very ripe bananas, this easy-to-make cake incorporates everything you love about banana bread and adds a few more favorites-chocolate, walnuts, and cinnamon-for good measure. (It's also much more tender, with a light, moist crumb.)

Provided by Ruth Cousineau

Categories     Cake     Mixer     Chocolate     Nut     Dessert     Bake     Vegetarian     Yogurt     Banana     Walnut     Gourmet     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened, plus 2 tablespoons, melted and cooled
1 cup sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
2/3 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 (3 1/2- to 4-ounce) bar 70%-cacao bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup walnuts (3 ounces), toasted , cooled, and coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Butter a 9-inch square cake pan.
  • Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • Beat together softened butter (1 stick) and 3/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy, then beat in eggs 1 at a time until blended. Beat in bananas, yogurt, and vanilla (mixture will look curdled).
  • With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture and mix until just incorporated.
  • Toss together chocolate, nuts, cinnamon, melted butter, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Spread half of banana batter in cake pan and sprinkle with half of chocolate mixture. Spread remaining batter evenly over filling and sprinkle remaining chocolate mixture on top.
  • Bake until cake is golden and a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 30 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely, right side up.

SUGARLESS BANANA WALNUT CAKE



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I enjoy this delicious cake with ice cream or whipped cream, but it's great all by itself. It's moist and has a refreshing banana flavor!

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 9 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 9

2/3 cup mashed bananas
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup water
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • In bowl, beat bananas and butter until creamy. Add eggs and beat well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; add to banana mixture alternately with water, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts. Spoon into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 315 calories, Fat 20g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 98mg cholesterol, Sodium 353mg sodium, Carbohydrate 27g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 9g protein.

Tips:

  • If you don't have buttermilk, you can make your own by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a measuring cup and then filling it with milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes before using.
  • To toast the walnuts, spread them in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 5-7 minutes, or until fragrant and lightly browned.
  • If you don't have a bundt pan, you can use a 9x13 inch baking pan. Just be sure to adjust the baking time accordingly. The cake will likely take 10-15 minutes longer to bake in a 9x13 inch pan.
  • To make a glaze for the cake, simply mix together 1 cup of powdered sugar and 2-3 tablespoons of milk until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake before serving.

Conclusion:

This banana and walnut cake is a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, flavorful crumb and crunchy walnuts, this cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you have some ripe bananas on hand, be sure to give this recipe a try!

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