Classic Banana Cake

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Banana bread isn’t the only thing you can do with some overripe bananas. Why not make this classic banana cake for dessert instead?

Definitely make some of my Cream Cheese Icing ever for this recipe. And if you need more banana recipes try my strawberry banana bread or my banana nut bread, two of my faves!

Classic Banana Cake

Banana cake is a lesser-known use of overripe bananas, as most people naturally rely on regular banana bread to get rid of those slightly aged, black, and brown bananas gathering dust in their fruit bowls.

However, for something sweeter and with more of an intense spiciness, this recipe for a banana cake is the perfect dessert, whether as a weeknight after-dinner dessert or to celebrate your next big occasion. Just make sure that your bananas are really, really ripe!                                                                            

Classic Banana Cake Ingredients

Make sure you look at the recipe card at the very bottom for the exact amounts, as there are a few fiddly ingredients here.

• All-purpose flour

• Baking powder                                                                                                                 

• Baking soda

• Salt

• Ground cinnamon

• Ground nutmeg

• Butter

• Granulated sugar

• Brown sugar

• Eggs

• Vanilla extract

• Mashed ripe banana

• Buttermilk

• Chopped walnuts

• Cream cheese frosting

Classic Banana Cake Ingredients

Make sure you look at the recipe card at the very bottom for the exact amounts, as there are a few fiddly ingredients here.

• All-purpose flour

• Baking powder                                                                                                                 

• Baking soda

• Salt

• Ground cinnamon

• Ground nutmeg

• Butter

• Granulated sugar

• Brown sugar

• Eggs

• Vanilla extract

• Mashed ripe banana

• Buttermilk

• Chopped walnuts

• Cream cheese frosting

How To Frost Your Cake

This cake basically frosts itself and you can hide any and all imperfections with walnuts and fresh bananas!

The best way to do it without any fancy equipment is to put one of the cakes on a plate lying face down. Frost the top of that one completely, not worrying about how it looks.

Then, cover that with the other cake and apply the rest of your frosting onto the top. Using either an offset spatula or just a wide spoon. Brush the frosting all over. Don’t worry about making it even or consistent – just make sure every bit of it is evenly coated.

Once you fall in love with baking cakes you can invest in a proper cake-turner and learn about things like crumb layers, top removers, and pipette bags.

For this cake, just get it frosted, throw on some walnuts and fresh banana and don’t care about the appearance – it’s going to taste amazing no matter what!

How to Ripen Bananas

This banana cake recipe is the perfect way to use up leftover bananas that are a bit beyond their prime.

However, what if you want to make this and you don’t have some slightly rotten bananas on hand.

To speed up the ripening process, stick your bananas in a brown paper bag. This will let all of the ethylene gas, which is the plant hormone that encourages ripening and browning.

You can also stick your bananas in the freezer overnight. The freezing process will break the cell walls of the banana, releasing more of the sugars and making it taste a lot more sweet, as well as a lot easier to mash into the cake batter.

You can also bake them, there are instructions in this post on how to ripen bananas by baking them.

Looking for more delicious Cake recipes? Try these out:

• Chocolate Root Beer Soda Cake

• Banana Bread

• Lemon Cherry Crunch Cake

Enjoy!

Love,

Karlynn

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