{"id":41925,"date":"2023-11-06T05:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=41925"},"modified":"2023-11-06T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:56:10","slug":"banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/11\/06\/banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/11\/06\/banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting\/bananacake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BananaCake.jpg?fit=640%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,484\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BananaCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BananaCake.jpg?fit=640%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41929\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BananaCake.jpg?resize=640%2C484&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BananaCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BananaCake.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This banana cake is perfect for those overripe, spotted bananas in your fruit bowl. It&#8217;s easy to put together, moist, and the cream cheese icing is the crowning glory! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups mashed bananas (about 4 medium or 3 large)<\/li>\n<li>3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease a 9&#8243; x 13&#8243; pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour mixture and buttermilk in three batches.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, testing with a toothpick. Let cool completely before frosting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>8 oz. cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>8 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>3 cups confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Beat the cream cheese and butter, until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Add the confections sugar, 1 cup at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Add the vanilla and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Frost the cake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This banana cake is perfect for those overripe, spotted bananas in your fruit bowl. It&#8217;s easy to put together, moist, and the cream cheese icing is the crowning glory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,5751,2528,652,1408],"class_list":["post-41925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-banana-cake","tag-bananas","tag-cake","tag-cream-cheese-frosting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aUd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34103,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/03\/16\/banana-carrot-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":41925,"position":0},"title":"Banana Carrot Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"While hanging around the old homestead, I made some cake. 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