Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

I made this banana cake with cream cheese frosting today, and my entire family is pretty thankful. I found the recipe on Taste of Home, and I luckily had all the ingredients on hand. The cake was super easy to throw together, smelled fantastic while it baked, and turned out really flavorful, moist, and tasty. It is a sweet & rich cake, so a little goes a long way, and it pairs perfectly with ice-cold milk.

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake:

• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1½ cups white sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup very ripe bananas, mashed well *about 2 large or 3 small

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar, to taste

How to Make Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Cream the butter and sugar together with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla extract; beat until creamy.

In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and mix well.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, until just combined.

Add the well-mashed banana and mix until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.

Bake for 28-30 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and let it cool completely on a wire cooling rack.

Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. Use a hand mixer to beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until creamy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar to achieve the desired consistency and sweetness.

Spread the frosting evenly over the cooled cake, cut, and serve.

Store the remaining cake, covered, in the refrigerator. Enjoy.