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!
Servings : 16servings
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 50 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Ingredients
For the Cake:
2cupsFlour
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
2teaspoonsground cinnamon
1/8teaspoon ground nutmeg
1cupsugar
2eggs
1cupcanola oil
2teaspoonspure vanilla extract
2ripe bananas, mashed
2cupsshredded zucchinisqueeze grated/shredded zucchini over a bowl to remove excess water*
For the Frosting
4ozlight cream cheese, softened
½cuppowdered sugar
2tablespoonspure maple syrup
1/2cupchopped 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.
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.