Double Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 4 bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk (milk 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• cream cheese frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1.5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 banana
• 1/3 cup almonds

Recipe

• 1 step 1: preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 step 2: grease two round baking pans with butter (9 inches).
• 3 step 3: mix flour, salt, baking soda in a medium bowl.
• 4 step 4: mash bananas with lemon juice in a small bowl.
• 5 step 5: in a second bowl, beat sugar with butter until fluffy, and then beat in the eggs one at a time and add the vanilla.
• 6 step 6: add flour to batter mixture and then slowly add milk. beat at medium speed until ingredients are well blended. finally, add the mashed banana mixture and stir well until smooth.
• 7 step 7: pour batter into 2 round baking pans.
• 8 step 8: bake in oven about 40 minutes or until cake is well done. set aside and let cool before decorating.
• 9 cream cheese frosting preparation:.
• 10 step 9: beat 1 stick of butter with cream cheese until smooth, then add vanilla. next add sugar, beat at slow speed, then high speed, until frosting is smooth.
• 11 step 10: cover first layer with cream cheese and then slice one banana over the top and cover with a second layer of cream cheese. cover entire cake with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle sliced roasted honey almonds over the top.
• 12 serves 6: light, sweet, and moist!