Banana Bread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A soft, moist banana cake topped with rich cream cheese frosting is a delicious way to use ripe bananas. It has the comfort of banana bread with the texture of a cake.

Ingredients

For the banana cake:

3 ripe bananas, mashed
½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup sugar (adjust to taste)
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup plain yogurt or sour cream
½ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

For the cream cheese frosting:

8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Prepare the oven
- Heat oven to 175°C (350°F).
- Grease and line an 8×8-inch or similar baking pan.
Make the batter
- Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, then mix in vanilla.
- Stir in mashed bananas and yogurt.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
Bake
- Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake for about 35–45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
Make the frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar gradually.
- Mix in vanilla until creamy.
Finish
- Spread frosting over the cooled banana cake.
- Slice and serve.