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Whether you love bananas or simply want something different than the typical vanilla or chocolate, create a moist banana cake. Our guide, how to make a banana cake, provides the necessary ingredients and steps to make the fruity dessert, along with a host of variations if you want to go beyond the basic recipe.
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Whether you love bananas or simply want something different than the typical vanilla or chocolate, create a moist banana cake. Our guide, how to make a banana cake, provides the necessary ingredients and steps to make the fruity dessert, along with a host of variations if you want to go beyond the basic recipe.
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Banana Cake Tips
- Use soft, overripe bananas in the banana cake.
- Coat the baking pan with butter and dust with flour to prevent sticking.
- Use a spoon or electric mixer to beat the banana cake batter.
- Top the cake with vanilla, chocolate or cream cheese frosting.
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- by Denise Ryan
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Introduction
- Don't let those overripe bananas sitting on your kitchen counter go to waste. Mash the soft fruit to become a key ingredient in a delicious and airy banana cake that's perfect for dessert, breakfast or a late-night snack.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups flour
- 11/2 cup sugar
- 4 ripe bananas
- 11/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
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Equipment
- 9x13 baking pan
- Mixing bowls
- Spoon or electric mixer
- Oven
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Making Banana Cake
- Once you've got the kitchen tools and ingredients at hand, it should take less than one hour to prepare and bake your banana cake.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.Food Network: Banana Cake Recipe
- Lightly coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with butter and dust with flour.All Recipes: Banana Cake VI
- Mix the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.All Recipes: Surprise Banana Cake
- Beat the eggs in one at a time.All Recipes: Banana Cake VI
- Stir in the vanilla.Food Network: Banana Cake Recipe
- Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in another mixing bowl.Recipezaar: Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Into the butter mixture, add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, a little at a time.Recipezaar: Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add the mashed bananas to the batter.Recipezaar: Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Pour the cake mixture into the baking pan.All Recipes: Surprise Banana Cake
- Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes.Recipezaar: Banana Chiffon Cake
- Let the cake cool, then top the banana cake with frosting, if desired.All Recipes: Surprise Banana Cake
- Check out Mahalo's guides to popular frosting types, as well as tips on frosting cupcakes that you can also apply to your banana cake.
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Additional Banana Cake Recipes
- About.com: Quick Banana Spice Cake
- All Recipes: Banana Cake X
- All Recipes: Banana Cake VII
- BBC Food: Banana Souffle Cake
- Eating Well: Banana Cake with Coconut-Cream Frosting
- Rachel Ray: Banana Cake
- Epicurious: Pearl's Banana Cake
- Food Network: Tropical Island Banana Cake
- Recipezaar: Almond Fudge Banana Cake
- Recipezaar: Banana Cake
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Variations
- Once you've mastered the basic recipe, try one of these tasty variations with additional ingredients like pecans, chocolate and raisins.
- Add pecans and raisins to give the banana cake additional texture and flavor.About.com: Banana Cake Recipe
- Blend mashed bananas with a devil's food cake mix to make a quick chocolate banana cake.All Recipes: Chocolate Banana Cake
- Increase the fruity flavor of your banana cake with the addition of crushed pineapple.About.com: Banana Pineapple Cake
- Bourbon in the batter makes a sophisticated version of banana cake.Martha Stewart: Banana Bourbon Layer Cake
- Blend in rolled oats and sour cream for extra nutrients and creaminess.All Recipes: Spiced Banana Cake
- Wheat germ and whole wheat pastry flour help create a healthful banana cake.Recipezaar: Banana Cake
- Graham crackers and whipped topping make the banana cake an extra sweet treat.Food Network: Banana Split Cake
- Mix in chocolate chips, cinnamon and walnuts to create a banana coffee cake.Real Simple: Sour Cream Banana Coffee Cake (October 2001)
- No time to mix a lot of ingredients? Create a simple banana cake with yellow cake mix, bananas and baking soda.All Recipes: Wonderful Banana Cake
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