Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting. Make the Cream Cheese Frosting: With an electric mixer, cream together the cream cheese, butter and salt on medium speed. My usual go to recipe is a banana nut muffin but a banana cake with cream cheese frosting is always welcome in my home. It's one of the few desserts that really tests.

Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. This banana nut cake is a sweet and delicious dessert that will impress anyone! You can cook Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting using 19 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

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Ingredients of Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Prepare of Cake:.
  2. You need 3 cups of AP flour.
  3. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
  4. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
  5. It's 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
  6. Prepare 10 tbs of butter at room temperature.
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
  8. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
  9. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
  10. Prepare 3 of eggs.
  11. Prepare 5 of medium to large bananas mashed.
  12. It's 1 cup of sour cream.
  13. It's 1/2 cup of milk (I used nonfat).
  14. Prepare 1 cup of crushed pecans or walnuts (I used pecans).
  15. Prepare of Frosting:.
  16. It's 8 oz of cream cheese at room temperature.
  17. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
  18. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
  19. You need 2 cups of powder sugar.

In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Frosting: In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
  2. 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..
  5. 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..
  8. Fold in crushed pecans (or walnuts) to batter..
  9. 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..
  12. Add the powder sugar and if using an electric mixer, set to medium and blend away until texture is smooth and creamy..
  13. Enjoy :).

Stir in the pecans, or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake. Fill and frost the cake when it is completely cool. For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.