Love Banana Cake? Well you’re in luck as this is the BEST Fluffy Banana Cake recipe out there – I promise!! This delicious Banana Cake is topped with a sweet and creamy Cream Cheese Frosting that no one will be able to resist. Both regular and Thermomix instructions included.
Although my Banana Bread recipe is always a favourite, for something a little different, this Fluffy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is worth making.
Why you will love this recipe
- Simple Ingredients – You don’t need any special ingredients to make this Thermomix Banana Cake. While we do encourage you to top it with the cream cheese frosting, you can also ice with a simple icing if you prefer.
- Easy to prepare – This cake takes less than 15 minutes to put together.
- Freezer friendly – This cake can be stored without icing for up to two months in the freezer.
Ingredients
Please note you will find the full list of ingredients and the cooking method for this Fluffy Banana Cake in the recipe card below.
- Bananas – the browner the better!
- Self-raising flour – you can substitute with plain flour and add 2 teaspoons of baking powder if needed.
- Butter – I use unsalted butter for this recipe
- Caster Sugar
- Eggs – I use 70gram eggs for this recipe.
- Milk – either full fat or skim milk can be used.
- Vanilla Extract – vanilla essence can also be used
- Bicarbonate of Soda
For the cream cheese frosting you will need:
- Cream cheese – softened
- Butter – I use unsalted
- Pure Icing Sugar
How to Make a Fluffy Banana Cake
- Combine the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
- Add the banana, milk, eggs and vanilla extract and combine.
3. Add the flour and bicarb soda and combine.
4. Transfer the mixture to a prepared cake tin.
5. Bake until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer.
6. Combine the cream cheese frosting ingredients and cover the cake.
Expert Tips:
- You will need 200 grams of bananas for this recipe. Please don’t be tempted to add more as it will change the texture of the cake.
- The browner the bananas the better! Brown bananas help to give this cake its sweetness.
- The baking time specified is for a 20cm round cake tin. You can use a different size/shape tin for your cake however please adjust the cooking time accordingly.
- It is important to let the cake completely cool before icing with the cream cheese frosting, otherwise the frosting will melt and slide off if the cake is still warm.
- It is important to use pure icing sugar for this recipe as this will help the frosting to hold its shape.
- The recipe for the cream cheese makes a generous amount, you can use the extra to add frosting to the middle of the cake (slice it in half) or cover the outside edges with frosting.
- Although we encourage you to top this cake with cream cheese frosting, you can also top it with a simple plain icing.
- This cake can be frozen (plain) for up to two months.
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Fluffy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This fluffy banana cake with cream cheese frosting is the ultimate dessert! Both regular and Thermomix instructions are included.
Equipment
- 1 x 20cm cake tin
- baking paper
- Hand Mixer or Thermomix
Ingredients
- 125 grams butter room temperature
- 150 grams caster sugar ¾ cup
- 200 grams bananas approximately 2 large bananas
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 30 grams milk 2 tablespoons
- 225 grams self raising flour 1 ½ cups
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 250 grams cream cheese softened
- 180 grams butter softened
- 330 grams icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced) and line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake tin.
- Place the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixture and beat until they mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs to the creamed butter and sugar one at a time, make sure you beat each egg in well before the next addition.
- Remove the bowl for the electric mixer stand and sift in the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
- Add the mashed bananas, vanilla extract and milk and carefully fold through until the mixture has just combined.
- Spoon the cake mixture into prepared cake tin and bake for 45-50 minutes or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer
- When the cake has completely cooled, place the cream cheese frosting ingredients into a bowl and use an electric mixer to combine until smooth and creamy. Add the frosting to the cooled cake.
Thermomix Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced) and line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake tin.
- Place the softened butter and caster sugar into the TM bowl and mix on Speed 3 for 30 seconds. Scraped down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 15 seconds, speed 4
- Add the eggs, banana, vanilla extract and milk and mix for 10 seconds, speed 5.
- Add the self-raising flour and bi-carb soda and mix for 10 seconds, speed 4.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat for a further 5-10 seconds or until completely combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 45 – 50 minutes or until golden on top and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- When the cake has cooled completely, place the cream cheese, softened butter, pure icing sugar and vanilla extract into the TM bowl and mix on Speed 5 for 15 seconds.
- Spread the frosting over the top of the cake (or cut the cake in half and use half of the frosting for the middle and half for the top
Notes
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- You will need 200 grams of bananas for this recipe. Please don’t be tempted to add more as it will change the texture of the cake.
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- The browner the bananas the better! Brown bananas help to give this cake its sweetness.
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- The baking time specified is for a 20cm round cake tin. You can use a different size/shape tin for your cake however please adjust the cooking time accordingly.
- If the cake is browning too quickly, cover the top with a piece of foil.
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- It is important to let the cake completely cool before icing with the cream cheese frosting, otherwise the frosting will melt and slide off if the cake is still warm.
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- It is important to use pure icing sugar for this recipe as this will help the frosting to hold its shape.
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- The recipe for the cream cheese makes a generous amount, you can use the extra to add frosting to the middle of the cake (slice it in half) or cover the outside edges with frosting.
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- Although we encourage you to top this cake with cream cheese frosting, you can also top it with a simple plain icing.
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- This cake can be frozen (plain) for up to two months.
Nutrition
Serving: 0gCalories: 408kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 7gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 180mgPotassium: 187mgFiber: 1gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 452IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 0.5mg
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Lila
That looks fantastic, so fluffy!
Rebecca @ Dorm Room Baker
Somehow bananas in my apartment have a knack of going overripe before my fiance or I get the chance to use them. This usually escalates into a minor argument about why on earth the other person didn’t just eat the darn bananas. Guess I’m making him banana cake next time this happens instead!
Ingrid @ Fabulous and Fun Life
Milk and cereal always run out on a regular basis in our household.
Although today much as I hate wastage I had to do a big chuck out of all our leftover raw and cold meats and cheeses etc that had been in our powerless fridge for way too long! Our fridge in now looking very very bare!
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile
Yes!!! we’re exactly the same… bananas are always running out in our house too! By far my favourite fruit. This looks absolutely delicious. Gorgeous photos too xx
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers
We LOVE banana cakes here and that one looks delicious. Mine have gone a bit fussy on bananas lately but still eat them in cakes so will be making this one for sure!
Jess - A Little Part of the World
Oh yummy. I LOVE banana cake!! I will have to give this a go. My banana loving monkeys will love this too. Jx
Lauren
It’s good to hear I’m not the only one with banana loving monkeys!
Jessica @ Sweetest Menu
Do you remember when bananas were really expensive a few years back? They were like gold! So glad they are cheaper now but I always seem to be in an oversupply of overripe bananas. This banana cake looks wonderful – and cream cheese icing is my weakness!
Lauren
I do! I can even remember paying almost $4 for a single banana as a ‘treat’ for lunch one day!
Kat - The Organised Housewife
Ooh thank you for Lauren, i just love cooking with bananas! And banana cake is high up on my list of favourites. Looking forward to trying yours x
Lauren
Thanks Kat, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Dannielle @ Zamamabakes
My Mum is a huge banana cake fan as is one of my work colleagues, they would be in heaven eating a slice of your cake, I’ll be keeping this little treasure up my sleeve for their upcoming birthdays.
I looove cream cheese frosting, the perfect finishing touch! xx
Lauren
They would LOVE this cake Dannielle! I have to agree, cream cheese frosting really is the best finishing touch I think 🙂
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid
You had me at cream cheese frosting! I love a good banana cake!
Lauren
You can’t go wrong with a good cream cheese frosting!