Banana cake recipe that is very moist and simple; excellent as a snack! Utilize bananas that are beginning to become black.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch square cake |
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 cup mashed bananas
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
- Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Dissolve soda in sour cream and add it to butter mixture; beat well. Mix in mashed bananas; add cake flour and mix until just incorporated. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
- You can use all-purpose flour instead of cake flour in a pinch. If you prefer a less sweet cake, try reducing the sugar to 1 cup.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 253 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 174 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I fell in love with this cake even though I hate banana cake! I make it with less sugar as recommended at the end. Sometimes I make it with olive oil, when I don’t have butter, so I beat the eggs first and add the oil a little at a time. Thanks for the great recipe
The recipe says to mix well throughout the recipe. I believe it should be changed to just until combined for the flour. I have make this cake two times and both times it came out dense and anything but like a cake texture.
So easy and yummy!
This was very easy & had a nice flavor–but not enough banana flavor for me. I liked the fact that it made a 9×9″ pan so it was a better size for just two of us!
Too sweet and missing salt in the ingredients- I added 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and could have done a bit more
Very good – excellent use of overripe bananas. I used 2 overripe bananas (that was what I had, so I didn’t measure or anything), I did not have sour cream on hand so I used plain yoghurt, I also go light on the sugar. It was very tasty — a nice change from banana bread (which is my other go-to for overripe bananas). I will make again.
I loved this recipe. The directions were easy to follow and the ake came out moist and very tasty. I added some cream cheese frosting I had from another cake I had baked and was frosting. It wasa very nice addition.
Sooo much better than banana bread, I think. Light and fluffy. Watch baking time – mine got a tad too dark with the recommended time. My fault; I should have kept a closer eye on it!
First time making this banana cake and it’s delicious!
I love this banana cake. No more worries about food waste when I see some bananas going brown on the kitchen counter.I have made many times using avocado oil for the butter, AP flour and just 3/4 cup of sugar( the bananas add sweetness to the cake too). My cake is always done in 30 minutes. It’s really good with a cup of coffee in the morning or with my afternoon tea.
Easy and moist.I added some walnuts .Next time I will add more banana and a little more sugar though.The flavor wasn’t quite there for me.Overall it was good
Simple and delicious loved this recipe and so did my picky husband
Easy , Very moist and Delicious! Making Another Now!
Very good and easily adaptable to modifications.
Omg the best ever! Very moist and delicious
Followed the rec ipe, perfect
This was exactly what I was looking for. Like another reviewer, I used more bananas than called for (because I needed to get rid of them). I also subbed the same amount – coconut sugar in lieu of white sugar – and it was not too sweet at all – very mildly sweet. The consistency was very moist and delicate. I added some crushed walnuts and cinnamon too, and used a bundt pan. It took about 35 minutes instead of 45. My household enjoyed this – it’s fluffier and softer than a banana bread and was awesome with vanilla bean ice cream.
I did it …and after I placed it in the oven I realised that I forgotten to add the butter milk…though came perfect. Everyone loved it. No harm done..
Love this cake. I add chocolate chips to satisfy the sweet tooth in us.
Awesome! Quick too which is so great!
I have searched for a good banana cake recipe for awhile now, and this one is A1! I did add a cream cheese frosting with walnuts on top to it, otherwise, I made it as stated.