Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • Cake
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1¾ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large very ripe bananas, peeled and broken into chunks.
  • ½ cup butter, room temp
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 eggs,room temp
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Frosting
  • ½ cup butter, room temp
  • 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
  • 4 cups of icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • ½ tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 ℉ and grease a 9x13 cake pan.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer or large mixing bowl if using a hand mixer, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the sugar, banana, butter, sour cream and milk. Mix on low speed until combined, then at med speed for 1 minute.
  3. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat a further 2 minutes.
  4. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top.
  5. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  6. Place on rack to completely cool.
  7. Meanwhile for frosting:
  8. Beat butter and peanut butter together. Add 2 cups of icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add vanilla and cream and beat until fluffy. Gradually add remaining icing sugar.
  9. Spread over cooled cake.
Recipe by Chateau Elma at https://www.chateauelma.com/banana-cake-with-peanut-butter-frosting