Amazing Banana Bread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (2024)

Banana Bread Cake topped with the fluffiest cream cheese frosting! Garnish this banana cake with fresh banana slices and chopped walnuts. This cake recipeis the perfect way to use up old browned bananas. Super moist, fresh banana flavor, and it bakes up perfectly each time.

BANANA BREAD CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

I secretly love it when the bananas go brown because that just means I can make this amazing banana bread cake, these cinnamon banana muffinsor one of my favorite quick bread recipes this lemon blueberry banana bread.

Everything mixes in just one bowl and then the banana cake bakes up in a 9×13 baking dish. Top it off with a luscious & rich cream cheese frosting and then garnish with chopped walnuts and banana slices.

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST BANANA BREAD CAKE

I think the “secret ingredient” in this banana cake is the sour cream. It provides a richness and creaminess that you just won’t get with any other ingredient. And I tell you what, I am not even a fan of frosting but I love this cake piled thick with that cream cheese frosting.

I am one of those weird people that scrapes the frosting off of my cake. But not this cake 🙂

Butter – I use salted butter for everything.

Granulated Sugar

Large Eggs

Sour Cream – Please use the full fat sour cream. It tastes the best and it’s thicker than the light sour cream.

Vanilla Extract

All-Purpose Flour, Baking Soda, Salt

Mashed Banana – You will need about 3-4 browned bananas for this recipe.

The cream cheese frosting is a simple mixture of butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream. The cake and frosting call for very simple baking ingredients and yet this is one of the best cakes I’ve ever had. I love those simple recipes that produce something amazing.

TIPS & HELPFUL HINTS FOR THIS CAKE RECIPE

• Use heavy whipping cream in the cream cheese frosting!

  • This is probably my #1 tip for this banana cake. Heavy cream or heavy whipping cream (same thing but sometimes labeled in two different ways) is what makes that cream cheese frosting so rich but fluffy at the same time. You just won’t achieve that same result with any other milk.
  • If you do use anything other than the heavy cream then you will need less of the milk in the frosting. So start at like a teaspoon at a time until your desired consistency is reached. This is only for milks other than heavy cream.

• Use full-fat sour cream

  • For best taste, richness, and texture use the real stuff. It tastes much better and it’s thick. The lighter sour cream will work in the recipe but it does not taste as good and it’s not as thick as the real stuff.
  • If I am taking the time to bake and then eating the dessert then I want it to taste amazing. Which is why, when it comes to baking, it’s never the right time to make it healthy or low calorie.

• Can I make banana bread cake ahead of time?

  • Yes you can. I actually prefer making this cake the day before. Anything banana related always tastes better the next day.
  • I make the cake the day before and let it cool completely in the pan. I then wrap the pan in tin foil and let it sit at room temperature overnight. A few hours before I need to serve the cake I will frost it and then cover it well with tin foil and store it in the fridge for a couple hours before serving. I think this banana cake tastes better slightly cold.
  • Right before serving garnish the cake with banana slices and chopped walnuts if wanted.

• Make sure the cake is completely cooled before frosting

  • You want the cake to be completely cooled before frosting so you don’t get cake crumbs all over the frosting.
  • I like to make the cake the day before and let it cool and then let it sit at room temperature, covered, overnight and into the next day until I frost it for serving.

• Do I eat banana cake cold or at room temperature?

  • Either way is delicious! Trust me you can’t go wrong with this one.
  • I prefer this cake slightly cold when I eat it but that does not mean that it’s not good at room temperature.
  • Experiment with both and see which one you prefer.

YOU WILL LOVE THESE OTHER BANANA DESSERT RECIPES

No Bake Banana Pudding Pie – An easy no bake pie made with banana cream pudding & fresh whipped cream inside a graham cracker crust. No browned, mushy bananas in this banana cream pie which is just how I like it.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread – A delicious quick bread recipe with peanut butter, mashed banana, and chocolate chips.

Banana Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread – Another quick bread recipe that uses pure pumpkin, mashed bananas, and chocolate chips. The perfect Fall treat.

Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies – Chewy and soft banana cookies with oatmeal and brown sugar.

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