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BANANA CAKE WITH VANILLA FROSTING (+Video)

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This Homemade Banana Cake with Vanilla Frosting is made totally from scratch and has the best banana flavor ever! So moist and delicious!

BANANA CAKE WITH VANILLA FROSTING

I buy bananas like crazy. Every time I go to the store, I pick up a bunch. Mainly because my son and husband love them. Also because they can never eat them as fast as I buy them so I have excuses to make yummy goodness like BANANA BREAD , BANANA BREAD CRUMB CAKE or BANANA CREAM CAKE and this Homemade Banana Cake with Vanilla Frosting.Homemade Banana Cake with Vanilla Frosting recipe from The Country Cook #dessert #bananas

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This recipe was given to me by a co-worker many years ago and I cannot even tell you the number of times I have made it. It is just so good (with or without the frosting). So if you have some super ripe bananas, maybe try this cake some time. The riper the banana, the sweeter the cake!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED
For the cake:
sugar
sour cream
eggs
butter
super ripe bananas
vanilla extract
all-purpose flour
salt
baking soda
chopped walnuts (optional)

For the frosting:
butter
heavy cream
vanilla extract
powdered sugar
ripe bananas, butter, all purpose flour, vanilla extract, baking soda, eggs, powdered sugar, chopped walnuts

HOW TO MAKE BANANA CAKE WITH VANILLA FROSTING:

Preheat the oven to 375F degrees. Spray 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl, cream together sugar, sour cream, egg, and melted butter.melted butter, eggs, sugar, sour cream combined in a bowl
Add mashed bananas and vanilla extract.mashed bananas and vanilla extract added to batter with electric mixer
Add flour, salt, and baking soda; mix well.all purpose flour and baking soda added to banana cake batter

Pour into greased pan.banana cake batter poured into a 9x13 baking dish

Bake for 25-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.

To make frosting:

Cream butter and confectioner’s sugar together until smooth. Slowly add the heavy cream; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract. Spread on cooled cake.vanilla frosting spread on banana cake

Cook’s Note: The frosting really is optional in this. This cake is so moist and is plenty sweet all by itself. It will be more like a snack cake without the frosting. Banana Cake with Homemade Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Like cream cheese frosting? Try adding 1/2 block (4 oz.) of softened cream cheese to the frosting mixture, adding a little more milk or heavy cream if necessary to make it spreadable.Fresh Banana Cake with Vanilla Frosting, slice

Enjoy!

Originally published November 2011
Updated and republished: May 2019

Banana Cake with Homemade Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

BANANA CAKE WITH VANILLA FROSTING

This Homemade Banana Cake with Vanilla Frosting is made totally from scratch and has the best banana flavor ever! So moist and delicious!
5 from 20 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Banana Cake
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 503kcal
Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons butter melted
  • 4 medium ripe bananas mashed
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts optional

For the frosting:

  • 4 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Instructions

For the cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 375F degrees.
  • Spray 13 x 9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  • In a medium bowl, cream together sugar, sour cream, egg, and melted butter. Add mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
  • Add flour, salt, and baking soda; mix well.
  • Pour into greased pan.
  • Bake for 25-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool completely before frosting.

For the frosting:

  • Cream butter and confectioner's sugar together until smooth.
  • Slowly add the heavy cream; stir until smooth.
  • Stir in vanilla extract.
  • Spread on cooled cake.

Video

Notes

The frosting really is optional in this. This cake is so moist and is plenty sweet all by itself. It will be more like a snack cake without the frosting.

Nutrition

Calories: 503kcal | Carbohydrates: 73g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 286mg | Potassium: 250mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 11.3% | Vitamin C: 4.5% | Calcium: 4.9% | Iron: 8.4%
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  1. christina says

    November 17, 2012 at 10:59 pm


    I am so so glad that you are sharing this wonderful easy recipe, just like all the other recipes you have. This sounds so great and I will be making it for my husband's bday next month. I am really glad to have found this blog site of yours. Thank you Brandie, you are making my cooking days happier with your recipes.

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  2. Lilian says

    December 15, 2012 at 9:57 pm


    I am a big fan of moist cake and bananas, so this recipe is a hit! Made it this afternoon and the frosting will be put on the cake tomorrow. If there is any cake left by then remains to be seen.

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  3. Anonymous says

    January 26, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Must try this recipe. It sounds delicious. My mom always made banana cake with a pink butter icing made with chopped marachino cherries and some of the cherry syrup for colour. Wonderful memories… Thank you!

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  4. Jane Hyden says

    January 27, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    This looks nice and easy. I do not have any bananas at the moment, but will buy some extra to ripen especially for cake. When we were growing up our neighbor made banana cake all the time and she always put a caramel icing on it. Lots of different ways to top it.

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  5. Carla says

    January 30, 2013 at 5:14 pm


    My mother and i tried this recipe because we had so many ripe bananas laying around and we wanted to get rid of them, it's amazing! thank you so much for this recipe, it will be made a million times!

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  6. Anonymous says

    March 23, 2013 at 6:20 am

    I think I'll try it with a peanut butter cream cheese frosting, THANKS for the site and the great & easy to read and follow recipes!

    2 Thumbs up!!

    Reply

  13. jeanette says

    August 11, 2015 at 6:49 pm


    This is the best cake ever.told son inlaw i was making it again,and didnt have time that day. He was really upset.lol made it today.tu very much for the keeper recipie. P.s hubbie loves it too!
    Jeanette

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  15. Arlene says

    March 1, 2017 at 12:46 pm


    You forgot to tell us in the directions when to put in the walnuts. I substituted pecans as I had a lot of them. I ground them in a food grinder first and then folded them into the batter after it was all mixed in my Kitchen Aid Stand Alone Mixer.

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