Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sep 02, 2025 12:17 PM
These banana bars are tender and moist with a delicious banana bread flavor and a thick layer of cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top. The perfect easy dessert for when you have a bunch of brown bananas!
When it comes to baking with bananas, banana bread is the obvious recipe choice. But these banana bars might be my new favorite banana recipe. They’re a moist, super soft banana cake with a hint of cinnamon and a thick layer of cream cheese frosting on top.
The bars are made in a jelly roll pan, so the recipe makes a big batch. Plus, making the bars in a jelly roll pan means that they aren’t too thick – so you get a delicious ratio of banana cake to cream cheese frosting. Definitely a plus in my opinion.
Ingredients:
Banana Bars
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (112 grams), softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams), caster sugar works too
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (105 grams), light or dark
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream (120 ml), from a tub
- 1 1/2 cup mashed bananas , use brown bananas, cut out any bruises before mashing
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (112 grams) , softened but still a little colder than room temperature
- 8 ounce cream cheese (226 grams), brick style, full fat
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar (330-440 grams), sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, optional
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 tablespoons whipping cream , or heavy cream, if needed
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
55 minutes
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