Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Bake this cake and cover with icing in a square 8 or 9 inch pan. Store the cake covered with plastic wrap in the fridge for up to 3 days and it will stay moist and delicious.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
Liquid Ingredients:
- 1 over ripe banana
- 1/4 cup butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch of fine sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter an 8 or 9 inch square pan.
- In a small bowl whisk together dry ingredients.
- In a food processor process the banana until smooth. Add butter and sugar and continue processing until smooth. Next add the egg and process. Finally add the sour cream and vanilla and process until combined.
- Add dry ingredients and process only until combined approximately 5 seconds.
- Stir with a spatula by hand if needed and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While the cake is baking you can prepare the frosting. Cream cheese and butter must be at room temperature.
- In a large bowl beat together cream cheese and butter until there are no lumps. Slowly add in the icing sugar, then vanilla and a pinch of salt.
- Once cake has cooled spread the icing over the cake in the pan, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to serve. Cut into 16 pieces.
