Banana Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

There is no shortage of banana cake and banana bread on this blog, but apparently I’m not done yet. Lightly spiced with cinnamon, this roll cake version starts with a light and airy batter to which you add mashed banana. The springy cake is filled with a cream cheese frosting and rolled up to give you cute, swirly slices of cake. It’s so soft and flavourful and the frosting is just perfect with it. And if you’re intimidated by roll cakes, I promise they are not hard to make!

• 2 eggs at room temp
• 1 and 1/2 tsps vanilla extract
• 1/8 cup caster sugar (25 gms)
• 1/3 cup soft brown sugar, light or dark (70 gms)
• 1/3 cup mashed banana (from 1 small overripe banana)
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (60 gms)
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup icing sugar (30 gms), plus more to dust on top

• 1/2 cup cream cheese (115 gms)
• 2 tbsps unsalted butter (30 gms)
• 1/4 cup icing sugar (30 gms)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract