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Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Regardless of where it came from, it’s yummy!
You can leave out the walnuts if you don’t like them or have an allergy. I love the crunch they add to the cake and the frosting. You can also choose to only put the walnuts in either the cake batter or the frosting. Or, you could just sprinkle on top.
Enjoy and Happy baking! 💋
Ingredients
- 3 large bananas (not overly ripe)
- 8 Tbsp butter, softened
- 3.4 oz pakage banana pudding mix
- ¾ C dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ C granulated sugar
- 1 ½ C all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 C walnuts, well chopped
Frosting
- 8 tbsp butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 1/2 walnuts, well chopped
- 1/2 walnuts, well chopped (reserved for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Prepare a 9x13 cake pan
- With *mixer, blend bbannas, butter, and vanilla.
- Mix in eggs, brown sugar and granulted sugar
- In separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Add to wet ingredients and mix.
- Stir in walnuts
- Pour into pan and bake approximately 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool
Frosting
- Mix together butter, cream cheese, and maple syrup. Add powdered sugar 1/2 at a time. Finally, fold in walnuts. Spread on cooled cake. Sprinkle with additional walnuts if desired.