Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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.
Notes
*I prefer to use an Immersion Hand Blender