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Banana Cake with Zucchini and Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake with Zucchini – Made with bananas and zucchini, this banana cake is the best and easiest cake I’ve ever had! It’s moist, it’s perfectly sweetened, and it’s so, so delicious!

Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe
The easiest banana cake to make, and it’s perfect for using up those very ripe bananas sitting on the kitchen counter. This is a fool proof banana BUNDT cake recipe that gives excellent results each and every time.

I mean, who doesn’t love a Bundt cake? Perfectly molded, delicious, versatile cake ready to be served. And it’s just so darn pretty! Amiright?

Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe

Back in the day, before I got to know my taste buds, I could not even wrap my head around carrot cake, let alone a zucchini cake. That just wasn’t going to fly by me. Vegetable in a cake?! “Ewwwww!”. So I thought…

But now!?…

Carrot cake? Yes!
Banana Cake with Zucchini and Maple Cream Cheese Frosting?! Yes, Yes, Please!!

Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe

HOW TO MAKE A BANANA CAKE WITH ZUCCHINI

Few weeks back, I had these two black bananas sitting in a fruit bowl, just waiting to be thrown into a banana bread. Little did those bananas know that I was about to mash them into a cake with zucchini.

  1. First thing is first: combining all of our dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg –  in a mixing bowl and giving them a good whisk until thoroughly incorporated.
  2. Next, we are going to head to our mixer and beat together the sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla extract, and bananas. Slowly, we are going to add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, and finally stir in the shredded zucchini. You can shred the zucchini with a grater OR you can use your food processor.
  3. All there’s left to do is to transfer the batter to a prepared bundt pan and bake for 50-ish minutes.
  4. While the cake cools, I suggest to make the maple cream cheese frosting; once completely cooled, add the frosting over the cake, sprinkle with walnuts, cut, and serve!
Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe

This zucchini cake is light, little bit spiced (hello cinnamon and nutmeg!), and whole ’nuff of sweet. The Maple Syrup Frosting really adds to the sweetness of the cake and the overall taste.

Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe

I also like the texture of this cake. Thanks to the banana and zucchini mix, the cake is very moist, and the smell is just deeelicious.

I like to serve this banana cake with a dollop of the frosting on the side because, I like to control how much frosting I’m getting. Sometimes, maybe none, and other times, when I’m chilling in my yoga pants, I might take all of it… 😀

Banana Cake, zucchini cake, maple frosting, cream cheese, walnuts, easy cake recipe

ENJOY!

Banana Cake with Zucchini - Made with bananas and zucchini, this banana cake is the best and easiest cake I've ever made! It's moist, it's perfectly sweetened, and it's so, so delicious! 

Banana Cake with Zucchini

Katerina | Diethood
Made with bananas and zucchini, this banana cake is the best and easiest cake I’ve ever had! It’s moist, it’s perfectly sweetened, and it’s so, so delicious! 
5 from 1 vote
Servings : 16 servings
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients
  

For the Cake:
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 ripe bananas , mashed
  • 2 cups shredded zucchini squeeze grated/shredded zucchini over a bowl to remove excess water*
For the Frosting
  • 4 oz light cream cheese , softened
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Grease a Bundt cake pan with non-stick spray or butter, dust with flour, then tap out any excess.
  • In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • With an electric mixer, in a separate mixing bowl, beat together the sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, and mashed banana.
  • Gradually add the flour mixture into the sugar mixture, continue to mix on medium low until well incorporated.
  • Stir in the shredded zucchini.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan, smooth the top, then bake the cake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake has begun to pull away from the sides of the pan.
  • In the meantime prepare the frosting.
  • Place the cream cheese in a mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add in the powdered sugar and continue to mix until well incorporated.
  • Pour in the maple syrup and mix until smooth and no lumps appear.
  • Take the cake out of the oven and let the cake cool for 20 minutes on a rack, then carefully invert it onto a cooling rack.
  • Cool completely before frosting.
  • Sprinkle with chopped walnuts; cut and serve.

Notes

*It is very important that you squeeze out excess water from the zucchini. I usually just wrap up the shredded zucchini in paper towel and squeeze all the water out over my sink or over a big mixing bowl. 

Nutrition

Calories: 203 kcal | Carbohydrates: 35 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 5 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 24 mg | Sodium: 150 mg | Potassium: 182 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 20 g | Vitamin A: 110 IU | Vitamin C: 4 mg | Calcium: 39 mg | Iron: 1.1 mg

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana cake, bundt cake, zucchini cake
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22 comments on “Banana Cake with Zucchini and Maple Cream Cheese Frosting”

  1. My young girls adore this recipe. Although I don’t do the frosting and I only use 1/4 of the sugar & 1/4 of the oil then bake it at a lower temp for longer. My 4 year old also loves eating it straight from the freezer – awesome healthy snack! Great sliced with a spread of butter too.

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    Averie @ Averie Cooks

    gorgeous cake! last week i made a banana-zucchini bread with cream cheese frosting and just over the weekend I tweaked that recipe and made a cake, not a bundt though, b/c I love the flavors of the two so much. You outdid yourself on this bundt!

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    foodwanderings

    I love all the bundt cakes am seeing this zucchini banana one is phenomenal. I unfortunately am not that lucky baking with zucchini for some odd reason! 🙂

  4. What a great idea to combine banana and zucchini! You cake is beautiful and the maple frosting really makes it in both looks and taste! Wonderful recipe!

  5. That maple syrup cream cheese frosting is just killing me right now. I am completely dessertless in the house right now. Ugh! I could totally use some of this delicious cake. Love the idea of a bundt cake every month. Looking forward to all that you come up with!

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    Megan @ Pip and Ebby

    Oh goodness, the title of this bundt cake had me swooning immediately! Zucchini, banana, maple and cream cheese?! HEAVEN!

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    Nami | Just One Cookbook

    I’ve made zucchini muffin before, but never tried with banana. Sounds very healthy and I really like the natural sweetness from banana in here. And oh boy your frosting is beautiful! I never do frosting simply because I’d end up “ruining” the whole thing at the end. LOL.

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    Emily @ Life on Food

    Oh I am loving this bundtamonth already. This looks fabulous. I would take a slice or two for sure. Great recipe.

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    elisabeth@foodandthrift

    Hi Kate, So nice to meet you…and ‘great minds do think alike’, so true! You and I both came up with the idea of the zucchini and banana bundt cake version…almost identical recipe. Love your cream cheese maple frosting/glaze. Your cake and photos are amazing:) xo

  10. As a kid, i refused to eat any cake with veggies. But, now i am more open to different flavors and change. I think it has something to do with age ….lol

    This zuchini cake looks absolutely declicious and anything baked in a bundt pan looks so pretty!

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    The Mom Chef ~ Taking on Magazines One Recipe at a Time

    I love zucchini bread and I love bundt cake so this is definitely going on my must-make list. I think Dudette’s like you; she can’t wrap her head around the fact that her enemy, zucchini, can actually taste good in a cake. 🙂

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    Lora @cakeduchess

    Gorgeous, Kate! I always have ripe bananas ready for a banana bread. I agree about zucchini and carrots…they are my favorite healthy addition to Bundts and quick breads:)Your banana Bundt is so pretty and that maple cream cheese frosting is calling my name! Thank you for joining with us this month:)

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    Kate | Food Babbles

    I adore the addition of cinnamon and bananas to this zucchini bundt!! And that cream cheese frosting sounds AMAZING! Lovely bundt. I need to make this!

  14. Ooh! I’m totally drooling at the thought of that delicious maple cream cheese frosting. banana and zucchini are fabulous combination!

    thanks for baking along this month. 🙂

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