The Best Banana Cake
This Banana Cake is soft, moist and rich all at the same time! Once cooled this cake is topped with a totally irresistible lemon cream cheese frosting for a perfect dessert your family will love.
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 2 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice (divided)
- 1 ⅓ cups mashed bananas (about 4 medium bananas)
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ⅓ cup butter (softened)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (or vanilla extract)
- 1 ½ teaspoons lemon zest (from 1 lemon, optional)
- 3 -3 ½ cups powdered sugar
Steps
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
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Place 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice in a measuring cup. Top to 1 ½ cups with milk. Set aside.
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Mix together mashed banana with 1 tablespoon lemon juice, set aside.
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Beat together butter, brown and white sugar until combined. Add in eggs one at a time and vanilla. Mix on high until light and fluffy (almost the texture of frosting).
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Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and milk to egg mixture stirring just until combined. (Do not overmix). Fold in bananas. Pour into prepared pan.
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Put into the oven and reduce heat to 300°F. Bake 60 – 70 minutes (see note below) or just until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (do not over bake).
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Remove from oven and place in the freezer for 45 minutes to make the cake extra moist. Cool completely before frosting.
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Cream together butter & cream cheese until fluffy. Add in lemon zest and juice.
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Add powdered sugar a little at a time until you reach desired consistency. Spread over cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Macronutrients
*DV = Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
💰 Cost Estimate
📋 Price Breakdown (19% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Unit Price | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| milk | 1.5 cups | - | - |
| fresh lemon juice | 2.5 tablespoons | - | - |
| mashed bananas | 1.333 cups | Rp 10.000/buah | Rp 1.481 |
| unsalted butter | 0.667 cup | - | - |
| brown sugar | 0.5 cup | - | - |
| granulated sugar | 1 cup | - | - |
| large eggs | 3 | - | - |
| vanilla extract | 1 teaspoon | - | - |
| all-purpose flour | 3 cups | - | - |
| baking soda | 1.5 teaspoons | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 12.000 |
| salt | 0.25 teaspoon | - | - |
| cream cheese | 8 ounces | - | - |
| butter | 0.333 cup | - | - |
| fresh lemon juice | 1 teaspoon | - | - |
| lemon zest | 1.5 teaspoons | - | - |
| -3 ½ cups powdered sugar | 3 | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 24.000 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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