Best 11 Gramma Berthas Banana Cake Recipes

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Are you craving a moist and flavorful banana cake that will remind you of your grandmother's kitchen? Look no further than the legendary "Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake" recipe. This classic recipe has been passed down through generations, leaving a trail of happy taste buds in its wake. With its perfect balance of sweetness, texture, and nostalgia, Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake is sure to become a favorite in your household. Let's embark on a culinary journey to recreate this timeless treat and bring back memories of simpler times.

Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!

OLD-FASHIONED BANANA CAKE



Old-Fashioned Banana Cake image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

3 very ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Grated zest of 1 orange
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
Cream Cheese Frosting, recipe follows
Walnut halves, for decorating (optional)
6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (1/2 pound)

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the bananas, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts, if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely.
  • Spread the frosting thickly on the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves, if using.
  • Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRANDMA RILEY'S BANANA CAKE



Grandma Riley's Banana Cake image

This favorite recipe has been passed down through my husband's family. His grandmother wrote this out for me shortly after we were married. She copied it from a recipe that her mother had written out for her many years before. These handwritten treasures in my recipe box bring back so many fond memories. -Jamie Dunn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Dash of salt

Steps:

  • Cream sugar and shortening together; add eggs and vanilla. Mix in buttermilk and mashed bananas., In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder and salt; add to banana mixture and mix until ingredients are combined. Spoon into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan or two 9-in. round cake pans., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake for 30 minutes before frosting. , For frosting, mix butter, powdered sugar and milk until smooth; add vanilla and salt. If frosting is too thick, add more milk 1 tsp. at a time until reaching desired consistency. Spread on warm banana cake.

Nutrition Facts :

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRANDMA SOLBERG'S BANANA CAKE



Grandma Solberg's Banana Cake image

I have never tasted a banana bread that I liked because my Grandma always made this cake instead when there were overripe bananas, and no banana bread can compare to this!

Provided by AngiC

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed banana
3 tablespoons buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Sift all dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg).
  • Cream the butter and vanilla in a large bowl, gradually adding sugar.
  • Beat in eggs one at a time.
  • Beat in dry ingredients.
  • Add bananas and butttermilk.
  • Bake in 9x9 pan for 35 - 45 minutes.

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE



Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake image

This is my grandmother's recipe. It is very moist and tastes great plain or with cream cheese frosting.

Provided by LISAPAV

Categories     Banana Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 bananas, sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 145.2 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

BANANA CAKE



Banana Cake image

Buttermilk is best for this banana cake recipe, but feel free to substitute a combination of milk and plain yogurt, or milk alone in this dessert.From the book "Lucinda's Authentic Jamaican Kitchen," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Wiley).

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted (1 stick)
1/2 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Blend in the melted butter, mixing together until moist. Add 1/4 cup of the buttermilk and combine.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the other 1/4 cup of buttermilk with the eggs and blend into the flour mixture. Add the vanilla and mashed bananas. Beat for 1 minute. Place the batter in a greased 9-by-13-by-2-inch pan.
  • To make the topping, squeeze the flour, brown sugar, and butter together with your hands. Crumble the topping evenly over the batter. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. When the cake is done, an inserted toothpick or fork should come out clean from the center.

Tips:

  • For a moist and flavorful cake, use ripe bananas. The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more flavorful the cake will be.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help to incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter and more tender cake.
  • Gradually add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together before adding them to the batter. This will help to ensure that the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the cake.
  • Do not overmix the batter. Overmixing can result in a tough and dense cake.
  • Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help to ensure that the cake rises evenly.
  • Test the cake for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting it. This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.

Conclusion:

Gramma Bertha's Banana Cake is a classic recipe that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With its moist and flavorful crumb, sweet banana flavor, and creamy frosting, this cake is sure to be a hit at any gathering. Whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting out, this recipe is a great one to try. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a delicious and satisfying dessert that everyone will love.

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