07/14/2026
🍌✨ Banana Bread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Soft, moist, and bursting with sweet banana flavor, this cake takes everything you love about homemade banana bread and turns it into a delicious dessert. Finished with silky cream cheese frosting, it's the perfect treat for any occasion.
🛒 Ingredients
Cake
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup chopped pecans (optional)
Frosting
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3½ cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp heavy cream (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and prepare a 9×13-inch baking pan.
Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla.
Blend in the mashed bananas and sour cream.
Fold the dry ingredients into the batter until just combined. Stir in the pecans if desired.
Pour into the pan and bake for 30–35 minutes, or until fully baked.
Cool the cake completely.
Beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Add heavy cream if needed.
Frost the cooled cake and decorate with chopped pecans or fresh banana slices.
🍽️ Perfect For
• Family gatherings
• Birthday celebrations
• Holiday dessert tables
• Afternoon coffee breaks
• Weekend baking
💛 Every slice is soft, creamy, and filled with comforting homemade flavor that's hard to resist.
