I am going to try your recipe with my icing but am wondering whether you tried the recipe with all-purpose flour and/or cake flour, and whether you tried it with over-ripe bananas and/or yellow fruit. Advertisement. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Beat the shortening and butter until smooth. If you prefer less frosting, feel free to cut the frosting ingredients in half. I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Hi! I’m sorry, but this recipe just doesn’t work. ^^ Is it possible to substitute sour milk to sour cream? Not only was it very simple, it required very few steps and everything was done in my mixer so the clean up was very easy. To the author of this article—have you ever baked anything before? There’s a lot more liquid in strawberry puree. But if I wanted banana bread, I’d make it. hello i wanted to know if i can turn this cake into an ice cream cake minus the butter cream frosting since it’ll be in the freezer ?and what frosting would you recommend if possible ? I’m sure you can, I just haven’t tried it with this recipe. Happy baking. Cook Time 1 … Print Recipe Pin Recipe Rate this Recipe. Thanks, great blog! My suggestion is to use sour milk if you have it. Do you only have one? This Banana Cake is so soft, moist and banana-y! Alternately add your flour and your milk mix until just combined. Pinning this one! It’s just so perfectly cake-y, not bread-y. Learn how your comment data is processed. If not, add the vinegar to the milk, let it sit about 10 minutes, but don’t worry if it doesn’t actually curdle. I didn’t have ingredients on hand for the icing so i just drizzled some caramel sauce on top and its great. Instead, I wait until they are a nice shade of rotten before contemplating their fate. Hello! This recipe is adapted from RecipeZaar (which is now Food.com), and has an interesting preparation method. Our ratio of cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla to banana imbues each bite with the most balanced and decadent mix of flavors. Jamie. I wanna try it this weekend as I have some banana that need to be looked after Can you tell me if 350 degree is F or Celsius ? For the best flavour, use over-ripe bananas that are almost fully black. Once they hit the stage just before “really probably ought to be thrown away”, I start searching. I’m limited by ingredients now where I live but so excited about future trials because I’m moving to Europe and will have access to about any ingredient I need. (Didn’t think i had any self raising in the cupboard which is why i sought out your recipe, and fancied a slight change, as i only made a banana cake 2 weeks ago!) In a stand mixer, blend together all the dry ingredients - Flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda … If you love bananas, you’ll fall in love with this yummy recipe! Tasted nice but more like banana bread. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 8 ounces cream cheese, soften… Hi Julie I know I’m being slow but do you use plain or self raising flour for the banana came? I even made a banana treat for the pup. It’s dense, yet light. By SHERRY_G. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Turned out too dense. Mix until combined. So I added another teaspoon. This is such a lovely cake, Lindsay! It’s topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and fresh banana slices. I have tried simply letting it cool and there is a definite difference in the texture of the cake. I’d highly recommend this moist banana cake for an afternoon snack, or even at brunch. I wonder what I did wrong huh. In a small bowl, mix mashed bananas with the lemon juice; set aside. I must say that you inspire me a lot. 4. This moist, delicious banana cake is topped with a rich caramel frosting. Thank you, Lind.. GOD’s hand upon you.. Hi Lindsay. It’s been a while since I made the cake and I don’t remember exactly how tall the layers were, but I don’t remember it being one of my taller cakes. I preferred the original, this version was quite bland and the texture was not good. It should be dense. I didn’t have sour milk and I wasn’t about to wait for a week or two for our milk to sour. I cut them off before stacking and icing. And I’ll tell you, that fits a lot easier in my freezer too. This Banana Cake is so soft, moist and banana-y! (For UK mother’s day and my mum’s birthday cake). 3. Oh, and if you don’t happen to have buttermilk on hand, don’t fret! As I mentioned before, I’m impatient and my bananas were ready. I read that cakes can turn out dry if they are over mixed and overbaked. . They also added 1/2 teasp.cinammon. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla. 3. This buttermilk substitute works perfectly in this banana cake! Hmm, I haven’t tried it in this cake. I was just looking for a banana cake recipe and i end up with yours. Also, I promise not use the word moist in another blog post for at least a couple of months. 1. I always make the one from the Confetti Cakes cookbook but I think I am going to give this one a try. Hi, Lindsay.. I’m Novie from Indonesia.. I followed the directions exactly but yet it did not rise ? I have a wonderful banana cake recipe that I’ve always used and everyone loves. I like the suggestion about roasting the bananas also. The first time I shared this recipe with you was in November of 2008 – I had only been blogging a few months, so both my photos and writing style were pretty awful, but this banana cake has remained one of my favorite recipes for over 8 years, so I thought it was time to update the post and photos. ?…just the perfect one ive been searching for so long for a moist banana cake recipe. Lol. Add flour, baking powder, then add bicarbonate of soda dissolved in the milk. I do not know who you are but definitely you are I wish i could share to you a photo of what i just baked out from your recipe ??????????? “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12. At first I thought that was a typo. This looks like a fantastic cake! It would be my first time and using the basic tools i have. Banana cake has a tender, buttery crumb that is light and moist, getting most of its flavor and sweetness from the bananas themselves. Mine didn t rise, but I did notice the recipe didn t call for any salt. Bring on the sugar! This recipe was lush! The best banana cakes are those that are well spiced and frosted with a heavy layer of cream cheese frosting. Also I used keffir in place of sour milk…. This cake was delicious as a butter cake but could not taste any banana in the cake. I’ll try to bake this one tomorrow, I just baked the cake using all purpose flour, and it’s barely risen at all. It’s possible it’s the photo – sometimes things look bigger in pictures. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Moist Banana Cake Veena Azmanov eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, banana, sour cream, baking powder So she passed the torch on to me. I forgot the 1/4 teasp. Pour batter into two prepared 8 inch pans. By submitting this comment you agree to share your name, email address, website and IP address with Life Love Sugar. I’ll definitely try that! Secondly, the recipe calls for sour milk. 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