Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
1 hr Serves 16 This Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe will have you going bananas for more! #STARFineFoods Ingredients:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Place granulated sugar, oil, 1 ¼ tsp. vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add mashed banana; beat well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and 1 tsp. vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until smooth.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with ½ cup icing, and top with other cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle pecans and coconut over top of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Ingredients
- Cake
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup STAR Extra Light Olive Oil
- 1 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- Frosting
- 2/3 cup (about 5 oz.) low fat cream cheese
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- Remaining Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp. finely chopped pecans, toasted
- 2 Tbsp. flaked sweetened coconut, toasted
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Place granulated sugar, oil, 1 ¼ tsp. vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add mashed banana; beat well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and 1 tsp. vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until smooth.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with ½ cup icing, and top with other cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle pecans and coconut over top of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Place granulated sugar, oil, 1 ¼ tsp. vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add mashed banana; beat well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and 1 tsp. vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until smooth.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with ½ cup icing, and top with other cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle pecans and coconut over top of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Serves: 16
