Banana Walnut Snack Cake
May 05, 2024 11:44 AM
Amazing Banana Walnut Snack Cake topped with cream cheese frosting. This quick and easy snack cake is the perfect way to use up the overripe bananas sitting in your fruit bowl. Stays moist for days!
Hello banana cake ?
Everyone needs a few good go-to recipes up their sleeve, and this Banana Walnut Snack Cake is one of mine. It has a beautifully tender crumb, with a hint of cinnamon, generous banana flavour and crunch from the walnuts.
Add a thick layer of cream cheese frosting and you have one mouthwatering treat.
This Banana Snack Cake is easy to make and it freezes really well – so it’s a great one for the lunchbox.
Ingredients:
Banana cake
- 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 150 grams (3/4 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- 45 grams (1/4 cup) brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) buttermilk
- 160 grams (2/3 cup) mashed banana, (2–3 overripe bananas)
- 45 grams (1/2 cup) walnuts, roughly chopped
Cream cheese frosting
- 60 grams (1/4 cup) butter, softened
- 250 grams (1 and 1/4 cup) full fat cream cheese, softened, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 250 grams (2 cups) icing sugar or powdered sugar, sifted
- 90 grams (1 cup) walnuts, chopped
Prep Time:
60 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
105 minutes
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