Best 4 Best Ever Banana Cake Recipes

BEST EVER BANANA, WALNUT AND CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence.
• Beats eggs in one at a time.
• Mash bananas and beat into the creamy mixture.
• Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda and add to the mixture.
• Stir in the milk and fold the mixture until all ingredients are mixed well.
• Grease a 20 cm round tin and line with baking paper.
• Pour cake mixture into tin.
• Then pour Caramel and Walnut Topping over uncooked cake and bake for about 45-60 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes before you turn it out onto a wire rack.
• Serve with a dollop of cream.
• For the CARAMEL AND WALNUT TOPPING, place butter and brown sugar in a saucepan and stir over low heat until the butter is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Add walnuts and pour over cake before placing into oven.

MARY'S BEST-EVER BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease with vegetable shortening, the sides and bottom of a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan; set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine both types of sugar.
• Add the oil and mix well.
• Add the beaten eggs, mashed banana, and milk; mix well.
• In another medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine with a wire whisk, the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time to the banana mixture, mixing after each flour addition just until incorporated.
• Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract as the last ingredient to be added to the batter; mix well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Place cake on a wire rack to cool completely. Frost with cream cheese frosting, if desired.
• Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions: In a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese and butter together. Add the powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, beating until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled banana cake.

BEST EVER BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 275°. 2. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. 3. In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. 4. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. 5. In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy. 6. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla. 7. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. 8. Stir in banana mixture. 9. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 10. Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist. 11. For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. 12. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. 13. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. 14. Spread on cooled cake. 15. Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.

BEST EVER BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. First, preheat the oven to 300ºF and grease a 9 x 13 cake pan. I always forget these steps.
• 2. Crumble: Combine all the crumble ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl. If the bowl is too small, the ingredients slide up and out of the bowl while mixing. I use a pastry knife to mix until all the ingredients are tacky with butter. Spread this out evenly in the bottom of the cake pan. I pat it down with my hand to get it to stick together so that when I add the cake batter no holes form and no crumble floats.
• 3. Cake: I use a stand mixer instead of a hand mixer and just never turn it off through the whole process. Start by adding the butter with the mixer on low. Now start to slowly add the rest of the ingredients except the flour in the order they are listed. Let the mixer do the work of beating the eggs and mashing the bananas increasing the mixer speed to high for a minute or two. Return the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour. Once everything is well mixed, pour the batter over the crumble and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Leave cake in the pan and let it cool before frosting.
• 4. Frosting: Once the cake is in the oven you have plenty of time to clean up the mixer and make the frosting. Again, start with the butter with the mixer on low. Add the pancake syrup, maple is my favorite, and slowly add the confectioner sugar. If you have gone to far adding the confectioner sugar and the frosting becomes too stiff to spread easily, sprinkle cold water into the mix until it is manageable again. A little water goes a long way. Spread frosting on completely cooled cake.