This soft and fluffy Banana Cake is loaded with bananas and topped with a creamy vanilla frosting. A cozy, comforting and delicious treat!
This Banana Cake is a reminder that sometimes simple, old fashioned recipes really are the best. This cake is low maintenance, perfect for snacking, and 100% as cozy and comforting as you’d expect it to be. Prefer a chocolate version? Try our Chocolate Banana Cake.
This sour cream-based cake batter is flavored with vanilla and mashed banana, and it bakes up moist and soft. The cake gets topped with a fluffy vanilla bean buttercream frosting. There are optional garnishes (see below), but, this cake is delicious enough to stand on its own, too.
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How to make it:
This is a simple 9×13 sheet cake. Preheat your oven, grease your cake pan and whip up the cake batter:
- Beat butter, egg, vanilla, and mashed banana.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients with sour cream until fully combined.
- Pour into the pan and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Recipe tips:
- Use overripe bananas. Brown speckled overripe bananas are extra sweet and mash really easily, making them ideal for this cake.
- I chose to let the flavors of banana and vanilla be the stars of this recipe. If you prefer a spiced banana cake, you can add ½ to ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon right into the cake batter (add it into the dry ingredients).
- Oven times vary, begin checking the cake for doneness around 25 minutes, then every 2-4 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Toppings and garnishes:
I adapted my favorite Vanilla Buttercream Frosting to make the perfect topping for this cake. To make the frosting:
- Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt.
- Add vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste and cream.
- Whip on high speed until fluffy and combined.
TIP: Adjust the consistency of the frosting by adding more powdered sugar (to thicken), or more milk (to thin). Using cream (instead of milk or half & half) will result in a fluffier frosting.
Garnishes (optional): Feel free to add chopped nuts, salted caramel sauce, sliced banana, or any garnish of your your choice onto the cake before serving. Note: sliced banana will turn brown, so wait to add it until right before serving.
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