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Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe


Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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Servings depends on how big you slice it. This is a favorite of mine. We are having it for fathers day.

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Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • Cooking spray
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup mashed ripe banana
  • 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • Frosting:
  • 2/3 cup (about 5 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • Remaining ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans, toasted
  • 2 tablespoons flaked sweetened coconut, toasted

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray;
  3. line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
  4. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
  5. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Place granulated sugar, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with a mixer
  6. at medium speed until well blended. Add mashed banana; beat well.
  7. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture,
  8. beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  9. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until
  10. a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  11. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans.
  12. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.
  13. To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy.
  14. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until smooth.
  15. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup icing, and top with other cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.
  16. Sprinkle pecans and coconut over top of cake.
  17. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.

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Oh my goodness - how sweet it is!! Thanks for sharing and hoping you are doing well.


Wow love this cookin buddy thanks


Sounds delicious! thanks


Woww!! What a posting..This is really great my friend.Saved!!


Sounds just fantastic, thanks so much for sharing!


Ok between carrot cake and a good banana cake are my very favorite cakes this is a beautiful cake and a big winner for me teresa nice post.......thank you so much........are feeling better now ???????


Great!!!


Sounds awesome! thanks!


I see I didn't rate this one before - High 5!!! well I guess I did.....I guess it deserves a 10


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