Banana Nut Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Paula Deen's Wedding

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RECIPE
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Cook Time:
28 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
18 to 20 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 45 min
Cook: 28 min
Total:: 1 hr 43 min

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Ingredients

Cake:

Butter, for greasing pans
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Frosting:

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), at room temperature
1 pound confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Cook's Note: This recipe is not formulated for a wedding cake, but for a normal size everyone can use. Increase as needed if you are making tiered or extra large cakes.

Directions

Butter and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cake:

In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the eggs and oil and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat. Stir in the banana, pecans, and vanilla. Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake layers in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn them out onto a rack to cool completely. While the cake cools, make the frosting.

Frosting:

In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the pecans, or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake. Fill and frost the cake when it is completely cool.

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Stephanie Alexandria , VA 11-11-2009
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The Best Banana Cake Ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Wow!! It was so easy to make and turned out awesome!! I ended up baking it into a bundt versus splitting it betweeen... different pans. It was fool proof and fabulous!!Read more
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Sherri Wadesboro, NC 10-25-2009
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WONDERFUL, DELIGHTFUL, DELEGANT, STRUMPTIOUS!!!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just want to say that this was one of the most delicious cakes I have ever made. It was the first home-made cake I ever... made and it was so simple to make. It started me off on making my own cakes, instead of Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker. (not that I have anything against those mixes) If you want a moist, delicious cake that tastes like Grandma's banana nut bread, this is the one for you. Thank you Paula!Read more
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null null, null 10-25-2009
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YUM!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I read through all the reviews on this recipe before I made it and made a couple changes to the recipe. I added an extra egg... and an extra banana. I also added 1/2 cup of half & half. I made cupcakes instead of a cake and they turned out amazing!!!! This recipe made three and a half dozen cupcakes, so if you don't need that many, it would be better to cut the recipe in half. My husband is in the military so I bake things for him to take to work and chare sometimes, so larger recipes work great for that. The frosting is excellent, but I already knew that because this is the same frosting on Paula Deen's Baby Jack Carrot Cake recipe. Will definately be using this recipe again.Read more
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Mrs. Katie Woodstock, GA 10-23-2009
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Best Cream Cheese Frosting!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I didn't need the cake recipe, as I was making a carrot cake. I wanted a terriffic cream cheese frosting, and this was it!!... I made it for my husband's birthday, and even forgot to put the vanilla in, and it was still tremendous!! It really dressed up the boxed carrot cake mix. Nobody knew that I didn't make it from scratch, until I told them! It saved a ton of $$ too!! Thanks Paula!!Read more
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LySandra Brooklyn, NY 10-16-2009
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Pretty Good!!!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

It was pretty good, I added an extra egg and an extra banana and it came out pretty moist. I didnt have the time to make... frosting, so I sent my boyfriend to the store and he picked up some cream cheese frosting and hookerd it up it was pretty good.Read more
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catherine brooklyn, NY 09-02-2009
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YUMMY
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The cake was easy to make, but, best of all it taste great!