Get Free Email Updates from Bake or Break

By BlueSchmoo

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 large egg white, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 large ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 & 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted nuts (optional)
• ________________________
• SM. CAKE 4" WILTON PAN
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 large egg white, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large ripe bananas
• 2 Tbsp milk
• For the frosting:
• (this frosts top and center only, for full frost use FULL RECIPE ABOVE)
• 2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 tablespoon chopped toasted nuts (optional)

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 75mins
Adapted from bakeorbreak.com

Preparation

Step 1

To make the cake:

Preheat oven to 375°. Spray an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, oil, and sugar. Beat in eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.

In a separate bowl, mash bananas with milk. Set aside.

Gradually mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture. Mix in bananas. Mix in remaining dry ingredients. Pour cake batter into prepared baking pan.

Bake 40-45 minutes (for small cake begin checking at 35 mins), or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.

To make the frosting:

Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese and vanilla. Reduce speed and gradually add confectioners’ sugar.

Spread frosting on cake. Sprinkle with nuts.
for small cake use serated knife or dental floss and split into 2 layers and frost middle and top if using small batch fraosting, to frost entire cake use FULL FROSTING RECIPE and frost as you would 2 layer cake