Name: Delicious Banana Cake Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For Banana Cake:; ⅓ cup coconut oil; ½ cup honey; 2 large eggs; 1 cup ripe bananas; ¼ cup milk; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 cup white whole wheat flour; ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour; ½ cup mix-ins; For Cream Cheese Frosting:; 8 oz cream cheese; 2 tbsp butter; 1¼ cups powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

How To Make Delicious Banana Cake

Ripe bananas won’t go to waste when you make this deliciously fluffy and moist banana cake with cream cheese frosting at home.

Preparation: 25 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Cool Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 55 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Banana Cake:

⅓cupcoconut oil,or extra-virgin olive oil; or high quality vegetable oil
½cuphoney,or maple syrup
2large eggs
1cupripe bananas,mashed, about 2 ½ medium or 2 large bananas
¼cupmilk,(any brand of choice); or water
1tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
1tspvanilla extract
½tspsalt
½tspground cinnamon
1cupwhite whole wheat flour,or regular whole wheat flour
¾cupwhole wheat pastry flour,or all-purpose flour
½cupmix-ins,like chopped walnuts or pecans, chocolate chips, raisins, chopped dried fruit, fresh banana slices, optional

For Cream Cheese Frosting:

8ozcream cheese,softened to room temperature
2tbspbutter,unsalted, softened to room temperature
1¼cupspowdered sugar
1tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Banana Cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baker.
In a large bowl, beat the oil and honey together together with a whisk.
Add the eggs and beat well, then whisk in the mashed bananas and milk. (If your coconut oil solidifies on contact with cold ingredients, simply let the bowl rest in a warm place for a few minutes, like on top of your stove, or warm it for 10 to 20 seconds in the microwave.)
Add the baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, and whisk to blend.
Add both flours, switch to a big spoon and stir just until combined. Some lumps are okay! Gently fold in any additional mix-ins if you’re adding any.
Pour the batter into your greased baker. Bake for 30 to 34 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Place the cake pan on a cooling rack and let the cake cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

In a medium mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the softened cream cheese and butter. Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer (or your own strength), beat the cream cheese and butter together until fluffy.
Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and stir with a spoon until it is incorporated (or else powdered sugar will fly everywhere), then whip the frosting until it’s nice and fluffy.