Yay for finally being home and being able to bake! Baking really is such a great stress reliever for me. I was supposed to go out last night but the plans fell through, so I stayed home and baked instead. My mom had some ripe bananas (I swear she buys fruit in bulk so that I would make something out of them when they’re too ripe to eat) and suggested that I make something with them. I’ve already made banana bread a million and two times, so I settled for a cake instead. Honestly, there isn’t that much of a difference between banana bread and banana cake. They both taste the same.. one’s just a tiny bit lighter than the other. I added a bit of yogurt and oil to make the cake a bit moister, and that definitely did the trick. I baked the batter in one 9 inch pan and the other into a mini loaf pan. I don’t think there was enough batter to make two 9 inch cakes, but there would be for an 8 inch round pan. The cake was just okay in my opinion, but I’m not really a fan of banana desserts unless it’s banana flambe. Mmmmmm… banana flambe…
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
Cream together the butter and the sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well in between each addition. Add bananas and vanilla extract; mix well. Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Cool and frost cake.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Adapted from Baking From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan
4 ounces low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 stick ( 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 pound or about 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1/2 to 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or 1/4 teaspoon pure lemon extract
Finely chopped toasted pecans and toasted pecan halves
In a large bowl, working with your mixer of choice, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the confectioner’s sugar and keep beating until the frosting is very smooth. Beat in the lemon juice or extract.
Frost the cake and decorate the sides with the chopped walnuts.
So here’s my question, what do you do with all those extra cookies/cakes???
I’d seriously gain 20 lbs. if I lived with you!
I love all banana baked goods, and the cream cheese topping, walnuts, yes, I am soo there!!
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mommyamy- i usually give them to my neighbors/friends/classmates/family. it tends to disappear somehow! haha.
donna- awesome!
hayley- thanks! sorry i accidentally deleted your comment and don’t know how to retrieve it back. but you’re welcome for the recipe!
I know this is a recipe site, however, I need prayer from everyone out there.
My husband’s nephew, 6 year old Dylan Moore, from Gaston , North Carolina , been diagnosed
with Fanconia Anemia and is very sick
in the hospital at Minneapolis Minn . where he has had a bone marrow transplant.
Around Christmas time his kidneys failed and he had to go an dialysis and be put on a ventilator.
Well he sort of improved after people and churches prayed for him in mass numbers.
Now he has a fever of 105 degrees, has developed tumors behind his heart and the lymph nodes.
His oxygen level has decreased and he has infection in his lungs.
The doctors have done a biopsy on the tumors in the lymph nodes, no report yet, and they are talking about
going into the ones behind his heart, which I understand will be very serious surgery.
Dylan has been thru so much, I don’t know how much more his little body can take.
I am asking all of you to
pray for him, take it to your friends, family and Churches, ask God to heal
him so he can come home a healthy little body.
There is a site: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dylanmoore
that tells about Dylan. Please log into it and read
it and tell your friends to please pray for him.
This is from his Granny Frances and Papa Whit.
We are the closest thing to grandparents that he has.
Thank you for letting me put this on your site.
You can send Dylan at card at
Dylan Moore
920 Delaware St. S.E.
Apt 2024
Minneapolis, MN 55414
His parents have an apartment there and he will get the mail quicker than sending it to the hospital.
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital-Fairview
500 Harvard Street
Pediatric BMT Room 5-516
Mpls, MN 55455
Have you ever tried adding raspberry or strawberry jam to banana bread? It is DIVINE! And really adds something to a bread that can get a little boring. I can send you my mom’s recipe if you’re interested!
ms whit- i’m so sorry about dylan, i’ll definitely keep him in my prayers.
kate- i would LOVE to try your mom’s recipe! i’ve never thought about adding jam to banana bread and would love to try it out. you can send it to me at kim@lovintheoven.com and i’ll make sure to blog about it! thanks!
That banana cake looks really good!
I made this the other night and was wondering how much yogurt/oil you added? Anyways this was delicious and even got my husband to eat which is saying a lot haha Thank you 🙂
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