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How to Make EASY BANANA CAKE {Recipe Video}

today on the best cake recipes we're,gonna be making easy banana cake if you,love banana bread you are going to fall,in love with this homemade cake recipe,it has bananas in it it's topped with a,cream cheese frosting and a sprinkling,of walnuts it's one of the easiest but,most delicious cakes that you're gonna,make let's get started,the first thing you're going to do is,you're going to take a stick of butter,you want the butter to be at room,temperature you want to be sure not to,melt the butter so that it's liquidy it,should just be at room temperature and,then one cup of sugar we're gonna take,the mixer and blend this together it's,okay if there's a few little butter,chunks left in there they'll get mixed,in as we add the rest of the ingredients,the next thing I'm going to add is two,large eggs this works best if you use,room-temperature eggs just to take the,chill off that helps the ingredients to,mix together a little bit easier and,then you're gonna put in four,tablespoons of buttermilk you want to,buy that nice thick buttermilk from the,store and just use four tablespoons in,this recipe and then the last thing,we're gonna mix in with the wet,ingredients is a teaspoon of vanilla all,right let's get that mixed up,okay we're going to move this aside for,just a minute while we mix together the,dry ingredients so get yourself another,bowl and in that bowl we're gonna put,two cups of flour one teaspoon of baking,soda two teaspoons of baking powder just,a little pinch of salt and then one,teaspoon of cream of tartar and then,we'll get a whisk and whisk that,together and then we're going to take,those dry ingredients and just add them,right to the wet mixture I'm going to,put half in and then I'll mix it,and then when it's almost mixed I'm just,going to go ahead and dump in the,remaining flour and I'm mixing that just,until it's barely combined because we,still have the mashed bananas in the,walnuts to add so again we're gonna set,that aside and mash our bananas I'm,going to use the same Bowl that I use to,mix up the flour we want 1 cup of mashed,bananas for this recipe and depending on,how big your bananas are it will be,about 2 to 3 bananas to get 1 cup you,want to make sure you get ones that have,a little bit of brown just so they're a,little bit sweeter and easy to mash into,the cake,I'm gonna grab a wooden spoon and just,chop these up if you have a potato,masher or that works great for this,recipe but if your bananas are soft,enough then you can just use a wooden,spoon or a metal spoon just chop them,and then you can kind of smush it up,against the side of the bowl once,they're in chunks once the bananas are,mostly mashed you're gonna get a,measuring cup and measure out one cup of,that mashed banana so as you can see,this was almost almost used three,smaller bananas for this I'm gonna go,ahead and try to get that batter off of,these because instead of using the mixer,for the bananas and the walnuts we're,just going to go ahead and fold them,together with a spatula so we'll put the,bananas in and then we'll put it in half,of a cup of chopped walnuts and then I'm,just gonna mix that scrape the sides of,the bowl make sure all that flour got in,there this cake recipe bakes in a 9 by,13 pan so we'll get that here and I'm,going to go ahead and spray it with some,cooking spray just to make sure the cake,doesn't stick you can use shortening and,flour if you would like we just use,cooking spray because it's easy and then,I'm gonna go ahead and fill up the cake,pan,then we'll just spread that batter along,the bottom of the pan this is a little,bit of a thicker batter it's kind of,like banana bread it's really similar to,the texture and flavor of banana bread,so if you like banana bread I think,you'll love this cake all right this is,ready for the oven,you're gonna preheat the oven to 350,degrees Fahrenheit and bake it for about,30 to 35 minutes you'll want to touch,the center of the cake and when it,springs back then you know it's done so,after your cake comes out of the oven,you can set it aside and let it cool and,while the cake is cooling you prepare,the frosting this is a cream cheese,buttercream frosting it will melt in,your mouth it's really good,so the first thing we're going to put in,is 8 ounces of cream cheese we use full,fat cream cheese if you would like you,can use low-fat cream cheese if that's,the kind that you're used to buying so 8,ounces of cream cheese that is at room,temperature not melted not hot just at,room temperature and then 3/4 of a cup,of butter which is actually 1 stick and,then another half of a stick of butter,again the butter should be at room,temperature and then we'll take a hand,mixer you can use a stand mixer if you'd,like and just blend these two together,okay so once the cream cheese and the,butter are whipped together and nice and,soft and fluffy add one tablespoon of,vanilla extract so this have a lot of,vanilla flavor and then we have three,and a half cups of powdered suga