Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 cups (500 mL) Five Roses® All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
- 1 1/2 cup (375 mL) sugar
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) buttermilk or sour milk, divided
- 1 cup (250 mL) ripe banana, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp (5 mL) pure vanilla extract
- Frosting:
- 2 pkgs (250 g each) cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) butter or margarine
- 2 cups (500 mL) icing sugar, sifted
Directions
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease two 9" (23 cm) round cake pans.
Step 2:
Cake: In a large mixer bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Step 3:
Add sugar, butter, 1/4 cup buttermilk and banana. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Step 4:
Add eggs, vanilla and 1/4 cup buttermilk. Beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
Step 5:
Spread batter evenly in two greased round cake pans.
Step 6:
Bake at 350ºF (180ºC) for 30 - 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely.
Step 7:
Frosting: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter together on medium speed of electric mixer. Add icing sugar, beating until smooth.
Step 8:
Fill and Frost cake layers.
