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My favorite banana cake recipe

My Favorite Banana Cake Recipe

I love almost all things banana. This banana cake recipe from Spend with Pennies is soft, moist, and deliciously filled with banana flavor.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword banana, cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Cooling Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 12 slices
Author Holly-Spend with Pennies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 TBS lemon juice divided
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 1/3 cups mashed bananas
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated white sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 TBS baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.

  2. Grease and flour a 9x13" pan.

  3. Place 1 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice in a 2 cup measuring cup. Fill to 1 1/2 cups with milk. Set aside.

  4. Mix together mashed banana with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and set aside.

  5. In a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar until combined.

  6. Add in eggs one at a time.

  7. Add in vanilla.

  8. Mix on high until light and fluffy (almost the texture of frosting).

  9. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.

  10. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk to the egg mixture stirring just until combines, don't over mix.

  11. Fold in bananas.

  12. Pour into prepared pan.

  13. Put in oven. Reduce heat to 300°. Bake 60-70 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

  14. Remove from oven and place directly into freezer for 45 minutes to make the cake extra moist.

  15. Cool completely before frosting.

Recipe Notes

Because ovens vary start checking your cake for doneness at 55 minutes.