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Banana Cake Recipe

Banana Cake Recipe with Brown Sugar Buttercream

This Banana Cake is soft, fluffy and filled with banana flavor – covered with brown sugar buttercream it’s the best banana cake recipe I’ve ever tasted!
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
1 hour 10 minutes
Course Baking
Servings 12 Slices

Ingredients
 
 

Banana Cake

  • 1 Stick Butter
  • 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 3 Large Bananas
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Lemon Juice

Brown Sugar Buttercream

  • 2 Sticks Butter
  • 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 3 Cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar for a few minutes. Add the vanilla essence and eggs one at a time, beating well in between each addition.
  • Mash the bananas until smooth in a small bowl and add to the sugar mixture. Mix together until well combined.
  • Stir together the milk and lemon juice and set to the side for a few minutes for it to curdle.
  • Sieve the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients. Pour in the curdled milk and fold the cake batter together gently until combined. Make sure not to over mix as this can cause the cake to become tough and dry.
  • Bake the cake in a 180C / 350F oven for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely at room temperature.
  • To make the buttercream place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer or a mixing bowl if you are using a hand mixer. Beat the butter for 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy.Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla essence to the butter and beat to combine. Slowly add the icing sugar, scraping down the bowl a few times, until well combined.
  • Cut the cake through the center so you have two cakes. Decorate the cake with the brown sugar buttercream and serve.

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Notes

Make sure to use old bananas that are spotty. These are overripe, which means they are sweeter and stronger in flavour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1SliceSodium: 207mgCalcium: 29mgVitamin C: 1mgVitamin A: 56IUSugar: 64gFiber: 1gPotassium: 58mgCholesterol: 28mgCalories: 344kcalSaturated Fat: 1gFat: 1gProtein: 3gCarbohydrates: 81gIron: 1mg
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