Crazy Aunties Banana Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Whisk flour, graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Mix banana, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture. Stir milk into flour-banana mixture until batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the bananas, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts, if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely.
• Spread the frosting thickly on the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves, if using.
• Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°F (135C).
• Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
• In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Stir in banana mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
• For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
• Spread on cooled cake.
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Whisk flour, graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Mix banana, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture. Stir milk into flour-banana mixture until batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a small bowl, mix mashed bananas with lemon juice, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Stir in banana mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• For the frosting: In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Add confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high until frosting is smooth.
• Spread on cooled cake.
• You can add walnuts or pecans to the cake or sprinkle them on top of the frosting.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 275 F, and grease and flour (or spray), a 9x13 cake pan. Mash banana and mix with lemon juice and set aside. In a med bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. If you're making your own buttermilk, combine milk and vinegar (or lemon juice) in a small bowl, and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in bananas. Pour into cake pan and bake 1 hour and 10 mins (or until knife comes out clean). *if need be, cook longer, checking every 10 minutes until cake is fully cooked. Immediately place in freezer for 45 minutes. (if not completely cool upon removal from freezer, let cool further before icing). Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in vanilla and icing sugar on low until combined, then high until smooth. Frost cake and enjoy!