Crazy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Description
This crazy good cake has some crazy directions, like baking it at 275 degrees and cooling it in the freezer. It's crazy moist and crazy delicious, as well!
Ingredients
cake:
1 1/2 c. very ripe bananas (3 fresh bananas or 4 thawed, previously frozen bananas)
2 t. lemon juice
3 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t. baking soda
¼ t. salt
¾ c. butter, soft
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 t. vanilla
1 1/2 c. buttermilk (or milk soured with 1 T. vinegar or lemon juice)
icing:
½ c. butter, soft
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 t. vanilla
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
Directions
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Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and flour or spray a 9x13 cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Mash bananas; mix with lemon juice; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
If making the buttermilk, combine milk and vinegar or lemon juice in a small bowl; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.; stir in vanilla;
beat in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in mashed bananas.
Pour into the prepared cake pan; bake 70 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. **if needed, cook longer, checking every 10 minutes until cake is fully cooked.
Immediately place in the freezer for 45 minutes. (if not completely cool upon removal from freezer, let cool more before icing).
Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in vanilla and powdered sugar on low speed until combined, then high speed until smooth.
Frost cake. Serve.
Prep Time
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