Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cake:; 3 cups AP flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 10 tbs butter at room temperature; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; 3 eggs; 5 medium to large bananas mashed; 1 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup milk (I used nonfat); 1 cup crushed pecans or walnuts (I used pecans); Frosting:; 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature; 1/2 cup butter; 2 tsp vanilla; 2 cups powder sugar

Brandy T. @btrehern

North Las Vegas

Something new with bananas instead of making the bread, why not make it into a cake? :)

Brandy T. @btrehern

North Las Vegas

Something new with bananas instead of making the bread, why not make it into a cake? :)

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Ingredients

Cake:
3 cupsAP flour
1/4 tspsalt
1 1/2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspcinnamon
10 tbsbutter at room temperature
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupbrown sugar
1 tspvanilla
3eggs
5medium to large bananas mashed
1 cupsour cream
1/2 cupmilk (I used nonfat)
1 cupcrushed pecans or walnuts (I used pecans)
Frosting:
8 ozcream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cupbutter
2 tspvanilla
2 cupspowder sugar

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Combine flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl.
3

In a separate large mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4

Beat in vanilla and eggs to butter mixture.
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Stir in the mashed bananas in the butter mixture.
6

Mix in the sour cream, milk and 1/2 of the flour mixture to butter mixture.
7

When finished, mix in rest of the flour mixture to butter mixture.
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Fold in crushed pecans (or walnuts) to batter.
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Pour batter in a 9 by 13 inch lightly sprayed baking dish and bake 35 minutes or until done. Depending upon your elevation, it took me 35 minutes exactly.
10

For the frosting, cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla.
11

Add the powder sugar and if using an electric mixture, blend at medium speed until creamy and smooth texture.
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Add the powder sugar and if using an electric mixer, set to medium and blend away until texture is smooth and creamy.
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Enjoy :)