Fresh Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Fresh Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting takes about 45 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 16 and costs 64 cents per serving. One serving contains 353 calories, 5g of protein, and 14g of fat. It is brought to you by Vegetarian Times. Several people made this recipe, and 674 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up ground cinnamon, unsalted butter, bananas, and a few other things to make it today. With a spoonacular score of 34%, this dish is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, The Best Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, and Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
½ tsp. baking powder
¾ tsp. baking soda
3 bananas, mashed (1 ½ cups)
4 bananas, sliced ¼-inch thick
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 large eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
1 Tbs. honey
½ cup light brown sugar
8oz. low-fat cream cheese
¼ cup nonfat plain yogurt
½ tsp. salt
3 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted
¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Equipment:
oven
hand mixer
whisk
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a pair of 9-inch round cake pans.2. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Whisk together mashed bananas, yogurt, honey, and vanilla in separate bowl. Cream butter and brown sugar with electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until combined. Stir in flour mixture, and then banana mixture, until combined.3. Divide batter between prepared cake pans. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of Cake comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes, remove Cake from pans, and cool completely.To make Frosting:4. Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in confectioners sugar, then chocolate and cocoa powder.5. To assemble, place one Cake layer on serving plate. Spread with 1 cup Frosting. Top with half of sliced bananas. Add second Cake layer, and top with remaining Frosting and sliced bananas. Cut into 16 slices. Serve at room temperature.March 2009
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a pair of 9-inch round cake pans.
2. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
3. Whisk together mashed bananas, yogurt, honey, and vanilla in separate bowl. Cream butter and brown sugar with electric mixer until fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time until combined. Stir in flour mixture, and then banana mixture, until combined.
5. Divide batter between prepared cake pans.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of Cake comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes, remove Cake from pans, and cool completely.To make Frosting
1. Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in confectioners sugar, then chocolate and cocoa powder.
2. To assemble, place one Cake layer on serving plate.
3. Spread with 1 cup Frosting. Top with half of sliced bananas.
4. Add second Cake layer, and top with remaining Frosting and sliced bananas.
5. Cut into 16 slices.
6. Serve at room temperature.March 2009
Nutrition Information:
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