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Double Banana Cake
With mashed bananas in the cake batter and sliced bananas sandwiched between the layers, our best banana cake recipe is a banana extravaganza.
👥 16 Servings👤 Baked Expectations in Winnipeg📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●oven
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cake
2
Preheat oven to 325°. Butter two 8"-diameter round cake pans with sides 2" high. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper rounds. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat 1½ cups butter and sugar in another large bowl until light and fluffy, 2–⏱️ 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions. With mixer on low, gradually beat in flour mixture, scraping sides of bowl. Mix in bananas, then sour cream. Divide batter between prepared pans.
½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter plus more for pans, room temperature1(2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature1 cuplarge eggs6
3
Bake cakes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 50–⏱️ 55 minutes. Let cool for ⏱️ 20 minutes in pans on wire racks.
4
Invert cakes onto wire racks; let cool completely. Remove parchment. Using a serrated knife, trim off rounded tops.
5
Frosting
6
Using an electric mixer, beat first 5 ingredients in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 6–⏱️ 7 minutes.
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Place 1 cake on a plate. Spread 1 cup frosting over. Arrange banana slices on top. Top with second cake. Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake; chill for ⏱️ 30 minutes. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cakes.
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