Banana Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Use ripe bananas for this delicious, moist Banana Walnut Cake that is prepared with a lemony cream cheese frosting. It's the best party cake!
Ingredients
CAKE:
- ⅔ cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 4 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
- ⅔ cup buttermilk
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ¼ tsp. baking powder
- 1 ¼ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
FROSTING:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 6 Tbsp butter, softened
- 4 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ¼ c walnuts, toasted and chopped
Instructions
CAKE:
- Cream together butter, eggs, and sugar. Add vanilla and buttermilk.
- Mix dry ingredients together and add to the creamed mixture.
- Add bananas and ½ cup chopped walnuts. Mix well.
- Pour into 2 (or 3 small) well-greased cake pans.
- Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
- Cool for 15 minutes and remove from pans. Frost the cake and serve!
FROSTING:
- With hand mixer, combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add vanilla and lemon zest, continuing to mix. Add in powdered sugar ½ cup at a time. Mix until smooth.
- Divide frosting into thirds in between each cake layer making sure to push frosting in large globs (not smooth) to the edges of the cake. Once frosting is done, sprinkle walnuts on top and place cake in refrigerator for at least an hour, allowing frosting to harden slightly (this makes cutting the cake much easier).
Notes
Reposted from July 2017.
Nutrition Facts
Calories: 467kcal, Carbohydrates: 72g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 32g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 90mg, Sodium: 565mg, Potassium: 144mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 809IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 89mg, Iron: 2mg