🍌 Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting & Walnuts
Here’s a rich, moist, and utterly delicious recipe for Classic Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting & Walnuts — just like the decadent, banana-studded slice in your image! This cake is loaded with ripe bananas, toasted walnuts, and a silky cream cheese frosting that drips down the sides. Topped with fresh banana slices and more nuts, it’s pure comfort food heaven.
🍌 Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting & Walnuts
Moist, nutty, sweet, and crowned with creamy frosting — this is banana bread’s fancy cousin.
📋 Ingredients:
For the Cake:
2 ½ cups (300g) all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks / 226g) unsalted butter, softened
1 ¾ cups (350g) granulated sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup (240ml) sour cream(or plain Greek yogurt)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon juice(to brighten flavor)
3 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 ½ cups)
½ cup (120ml) vegetable oil
½ cup (120ml) whole milk
1 cup (120g) chopped walnuts(plus extra for topping)
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz (226g) full-fat cream cheese, softened
½ cup (1 stick / 113g) unsalted butter, softened
3 cups (360g) powdered sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1–2 tbsp heavy cream or milk, if needed for consistency
