Girl’s Banana-Carrot Cake with Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting
Girl’s Banana-Carrot Cake with Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting is a side dish that serves 14. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 490 calories. For 78 cents per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 347 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is brought to you by A Southern Fairy Tale. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have granulated sugar, eggs, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 37%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Carrot Cake Banana Bread with Thick Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, Healthier Carrot Cake Banana Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, and Carrot Cake Bars with Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting.
Servings: 14
Preparation duration: 40 minutes
Cooking duration: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup mashed ripe banana (2 large or 3 medium bananas)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots (about 3/4 pound)
12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup pecans, chopped, optional
1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Equipment:
oven
frying pan
hand mixer
bowl
baking pan
Cooking instruction summary:
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F - spray 9X13 pan with nonstick spray
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the sugar and eggs. Mix until it looks like the mixture has about tripled in volume, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Mix in the buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in the carrots and banana.
- Add in the dry ingredients and stir until just incorporated into the batter.
- Add the butter and stir until it is mixed into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes
Frosting
- In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the cream cheese and butter. Add the sugars, vanilla and cinnamon. Spread a thick layer of frosting onto the cooled cake*. Sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired.
Step by step:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350°F - spray 9X13 pan with nonstick spray
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside
3. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the sugar and eggs.
4. Mix until it looks like the mixture has about tripled in volume, 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Mix in the buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in the carrots and banana.
6. Add in the dry ingredients and stir until just incorporated into the batter.
7. Add the butter and stir until it is mixed into the batter.
8. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
9. Bake 35 to 40 minutes
10. Frosting
11. In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the cream cheese and butter.
12. Add the sugars, vanilla and cinnamon.
13. Spread a thick layer of frosting onto the cooled cake*. Sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired.
Nutrition Information:
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