Banana Snack Cake
"This is so moist and good. My kids love it, and it makes a great after school snack. If you'd rather ,you can omit the nuts. Also cream cheese frosting works well with this too. UPDATE: to prevent graininess from the brown sugar in the frosting, mix the brown sugar and milk together in a sauce pan and cook on medium heat till sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool and mix w/ other frosting ingredients with a hand held mixer till smooth."
photo by QueenJellyBean
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 118.29 ml margarine
- 177.44 ml brown sugar
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 2 eggs
- 236.59 ml mashed banana
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 473.18 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 4.92 ml salt
- 118.29 ml buttermilk
- 118.29 ml chopped nuts
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Frosting
- 118.29 ml brown sugar
- 59.14 ml margarine
- 88.74 ml milk
- 591.47 ml powdered sugar
directions
- Cream margarine and sugar, add eggs.
- Beat in bananas and vanilla.
- Mix in milk, and dry ingredients.
- Mix well.
- Pour into greased 9 by 13 and bake 350 for 25 minutes.
- Cool completely.
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Frosting:
- Mix all till smooth and frost cake.
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Reviews
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Good Cake. I tried you suggestion with heating the brown sugar and milk and I had to throw it out and start over again because it separated before all the sugar melted...I cooked it on 2 (low). Maybe try it with the butter, but I'd remove the suggestion - doesn't work! -
Very yummy. I had some bananas that needed to be used up and this is the recipe I chose to use them in. I am so glad for this website and the many wonderful recipes. Your recipe is one I will make again and again. Its easy,. economical and tasty too. THank you for posting. -
This is a very nice banana cake and a great way to use up those "beyond ripe" bananas. I frosted it with Recipe #68356 as I have been looking for something to try that frosting recipe on and it was great! -
I've been eyeing this recipe for a long time and glad I finally gave it a try! I made for breakfast and everyone loved (even my daughter who doesn't like banana bread!). This was fluffy and "cake-like" and would be just as good sprinkled with powdered sugar, too. I had some leftover brown sugar glaze (3 tbs. each brown/white sugar, boiled with 3 tbs. evap. milk, and when cooled added 1/2 cup powd. sugar.), just enough to lightly frost the top and it set it off nicely (like the old Sara Lee banana cake!). Thanks so much for posting, Homegirl. Roxygirl -
I made this recipe with minor changes...I added 1/2 tspn baking powder, used butter, and I used cake flour. This was delicious. It is exactly what I was looking for, a banana cake, not a banana loaf. The texture was light but not too fluffy, the crumb was very fine and the cake was moist. I didn't serve it with any frosting. Thank you. I will be making this for years to come.
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Oh, this is SO good! Moist and buttery with a fabulous penuche type frosting. I used butter instead of margarine and left out the nuts. In the interest of speed, I cooked the brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan until melted, then stirred in the powdered suagr, so my frosting was more the consistency of a Texas sheet cake frosting. Fabulous flavor. Looking at Laurie's review, I would probably combine the brown sugar and milk, then add the butter and powdered sugar. I've had this saved in my cookbook for sometime, having been tempted by the beautiful picture, and am so glad I finally tried it. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
