Name: Banana Cake with Fluffy Frosting
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 to 10
Ingredients: 125g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature; 1 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs, at room temperature 1 cup mashed banana; 1⁄2 cup buttermilk; 11⁄2 cups self-raising flour; 1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; FLUFFY FROSTING; 150g cream cheese, chopped, at room temperature; 50g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature; 2 cups icing sugar mixture

Banana Cake with Fluffy Frosting

Banana cake just got even better with lashings of thick, fluffy frosting! You won't believe how yummy this tastes, especially with a cup of coffee…

8 to 10

Prep

25M

Cook

35M

Total

Banana cake just got even better with lashings of thick, fluffy frosting! You won’t believe how yummy this tastes, especially with a cup of coffee…

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs, at room temperature 1 cup mashed banana

1⁄2 cup buttermilk

11⁄2 cups self-raising flour

1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

FLUFFY FROSTING

150g cream cheese, chopped, at room temperature

50g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

2 cups icing sugar mixture

Method

Grease a 24cm round x 9cm deep baba pan.

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a small bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Transfer to a large bowl.

Add banana, buttermilk and combined sifted flour and soda. Stir until well combined. Pour into prepared pan.

Cook in a moderately slow oven (160C) for about 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from oven. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool.

To make frosting, beat cream cheese and butter in a small bowl
of an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Spread over top of cake.

Barbara Northwood

Barbara, former Food Director, has over 38 years experience in the food industry, loves sharing advice, recipes and know-how on everything food. She’s a passionate gardener and being to grow fresh herbs, lemons and rhubarb and more, gives her great satisfaction.