Ultra-Moist, Bakery-Style Banana Cake Everyone Loves
If you love classic banana bread but crave something a little more decadent, soft, and celebration-worthy, this Banana Bread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect upgrade. It has the deep banana flavor and tender crumb of traditional banana bread, combined with the light, fluffy texture of cake and finished with a luxuriously smooth cream cheese frosting.
This recipe is ideal for birthdays, brunches, holidays, potlucks, or cozy weekends, and it’s one of those desserts that disappears fast—because everyone goes back for seconds.
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Why You’ll Love This Banana Bread Cake
This cake has everything banana lovers dream of:
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🍌 Deep, natural banana flavor
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🍰 Soft, moist, bakery-style crumb
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🧀 Rich but balanced cream cheese frosting
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🕒 Easy to make with simple ingredients
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❄️ Freezer-friendly and great for make-ahead
It’s comforting like banana bread, but elegant enough to serve as a cake.
What Is Banana Bread Cake?
Banana bread cake is the perfect hybrid dessert—it uses banana bread ingredients and flavors but is baked as a cake, making it:
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Lighter and fluffier
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More evenly baked
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Perfect for frosting and layering
Unlike dense banana bread loaves, this cake slices beautifully and pairs perfectly with cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients You’ll Need
For the Banana Bread Cake
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3 ripe bananas, mashed
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½ cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 cup granulated sugar
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2 large eggs, room temperature
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1½ cups all-purpose flour
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1 tsp baking soda
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½ tsp salt
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
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