When it comes to delectable desserts, a banana cake with caramel icing takes the cake! With its moist and fluffy banana-infused sponge, this cake is a symphony of flavors. The luscious caramel icing adds a touch of sweetness and richness that complements the natural banana flavor perfectly. Whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting out in the kitchen, this article will guide you through the steps of creating this delectable treat, providing you with the best recipe that will satisfy your sweet cravings and make you the star of any gathering.
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BANANA-NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING
A favorite banana cake recipe that I have used for everything from a brunch treat to a requested birthday cake to a potluck. It always get rave reviews. It's the combination of the caramel icing and the bananas that tickles everybody's taste buds.
Provided by MR. YO
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Banana Dessert Recipes
Time 1h40m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
- Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix in pecans. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.
- Beat 1 cup sugar and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in banana, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add sour cream and mix until just blended. Add flour mixture and beat until blended.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar-nut mixture into the prepared cake pan. Top with 1/2 of the cake batter. Follow with remaining nut mixture and cake batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract; mix in powdered sugar gradually. Top the cooled cake with the frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.8 calories, Carbohydrate 58.2 g, Cholesterol 38.3 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 194.7 mg, Sugar 43.4 g
BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING
This is a very moist cake. I have been requested to bring this to every pot luck we have at work. The cake is also very good without frosting, or sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Provided by IamEarnie
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 1 9X13 pan, 18-20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cream margarine, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
- Stir in mashed bananas and milk.
- Combine flour, soda and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to banana mixture and blend thoroughly.
- Pour batter into greased and lightly floured 9X13 pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min or until done.
- Cool and top with Penuche Caramel Frosting.
- Penuche Caramel Frosting:.
- Boil butter, brown sugar and milk over medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Cool.
- Beat in powdered sugar until you obtain the desired consistency.
- Pour over cake and spread.
BANANA POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE
Rich delectable Bundt® cake that won over the in-laws from the original banana cake they had used for years!
Provided by Swanee Speed
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Banana Dessert Recipes
Time 4h
Yield 14
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Grease and flour a fluted tube pan.
- Beat 1 cup of butter, shortening, 2 cups of brown sugar, and 1 cup of white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the bananas, followed by the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract with the last egg. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the pecans; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Heat 1/2 cup of butter, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup of white sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir continuously until the sugars have dissolved, then gently simmer for 1 minute. Pour over baked cake while still in the pan. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 625.4 calories, Carbohydrate 70.8 g, Cholesterol 125.2 mg, Fat 36.5 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 6.7 g, SaturatedFat 16.5 g, Sodium 406.2 mg, Sugar 45.6 g
BANANA SNACKING CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL GLAZE
This buttery snacking cake is a bit like banana bread, but richer, and topped with a sticky caramel frosting that is dotted with crunchy flakes of sea salt. The frosting, made from brown sugar and heavy cream, is easier than a classic caramel, but just as compelling, with the sea salt contrasting perfectly with its sweetness. It's important to use ripe bananas here. Soft, spotty ones with dark yellow skins will be the sweetest and most complex. Firm, pale yellow bananas just don't have enough intensity to flavor the cake.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories snack, cakes, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-9-inch pan, and then line with parchment paper, letting the two long ends hang over the edges by at least 2 inches.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt. Whisk in bananas, melted butter, sour cream, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
- Scrape into baking pan and smooth the top. Bake until the top springs back when lightly pressed in the center, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely.
- When cake is cool, make the glaze: In a medium or large pot (not a small one because the mixture will bubble up), combine butter, brown sugar, heavy cream and salt. Bring to a full boil and continue to boil over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth, then immediately pour over cooled cake. Spread evenly across cake and let set for at least 30 minutes. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt before serving.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 269, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 31 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 194 milligrams, Sugar 17 grams, TransFat 0 grams
MY VERY POPULAR BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING
This is so popular and loved by all. When two of my brother's 20 year old friends came to stay, I had to make 3 just to keep them happy. They obviously eat a lot though and 1 is plenty.
Provided by Perfect Pixie
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 16 slices, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Grease a 14cm x 21cm loaf tin.
- Cream butter and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy, preferably with an electric mixer.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time and transfer the mixture into a large bowl. Stir in mashed banana (it's easiest to mash it with a fork).
- Stir in half sifted dry ingredients and half sour cream and milk; stir well.
- Stir in remaining dry ingredients and sour cream; stir until smooth.
- Pour mixture into pan.
- Bake in a moderate over for about 1 hour. Stand for five minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
- Icing:.
- Melt butter and sugar, stir constantly without boiling for two minutes.
- Add sour cream, bring to boil. Remove from heat, stir in sifted icing sugar. Ice immediately as it sets very quickly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 282.2, Fat 12.7, SaturatedFat 7.8, Cholesterol 56.7, Sodium 167.8, Carbohydrate 40.7, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 29.4, Protein 2.7
BANANA CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING
Had a couple of bananas to use, so tried something a little different tonight! I'm working on my frosting skills.... so don't let the picture discourage you from trying this! In skimming through several different recipes, one poster noted that you should resist the temptation to add extra bananas to banana recipes (no matter how bananas you are about bananas) because it can make the cake gooey. I thought that was a tip worthy of passing along - because I definitely am one that would add extra b-a-n-a-n-a! The cake recipe is from Country Living's website, and the frosting is from The Cake Doctor cook book.
Provided by Traci Coleman @TraciB70
Categories Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans.
- In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda. In mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar; combine well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each. Blend in bananas and vanilla. Reduce mixer to low and add in flour mixture by 1/2 cupfulls alternating with buttermilk, ending with dry ingredient added last. Mix until just blended.
- Divide batter between the two prepared pans. Bake at 350 for about 25 - 30 minutes until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes before inverting onto wire rack to cool completely.
- To make frosting: Place butter and brown sugar into medium sized heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stir and cook until the mixture somes to a boil, about 2 minutes. Add the milk, stir and bring the mixture back to a boil, then remove the pan from the heat. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon until the frosting is smooth. Use frosting while still warm to frost the cake. If frosting cools and hardens, place the pan back over low heat and stir until the frosting softens up.
Tips:
- Use ripe bananas for the best flavor and texture.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually add the flour and baking soda, alternating with the milk.
- Pour the batter into a greased and floured loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
- For the caramel icing, melt the butter and brown sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in the cream and vanilla extract.
- Allow the icing to cool slightly before spreading it over the cooled cake.
Conclusion:
This banana cake with caramel icing is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. The cake is moist and flavorful, and the caramel icing is rich and decadent. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a dessert that will impress your friends and family. So next time you have a craving for something sweet, give this banana cake with caramel icing a try. You won't be disappointed!
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