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Banana Cake

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch pan.

    Ingredients to make banana cake
     

  2. Make cake: Mix mashed bananas with lemon juice in a small bowl.

    A small bowl of mashed bananas being stirred with lemon juice
     

  3. Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.

    A bowl with flour, baking soda, salt, and a whisk
     

  4. Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.

    A stand mixer with creamed butter and sugar
     

  5. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.

    A stand mixer with butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla batter
     

  6. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture.

    A stand mixer bowl with banana cake batter
     

  7. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

    A rectangle baking dish with banana cake batter
     

  8. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

    A hand putting a toothpick into a baked banana cake in a baking pan
     

  9. Remove cake from the oven and place it directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.

    A baked banana cake in a baking pan with a kitchen towel
     

  10. Meanwhile, make frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high until frosting is smooth.

    A glass bowl of cream cheese frosting with a hand mixer
     

  11. Spread frosting on cooled cake.

    An offset spatula spreading cream cheese frosting on a banana cake
     

  12. Serve and enjoy!

    A frosted slice of banana cake on a yellow plate
     

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