Gluten-Free Banana Cake
This tender, moist Gluten-Free Banana Cake with cream cheese frosting is utterly delicious. It’s so simple, you’ll want to make it again and again.
Servings: 9 Slices
Cost: $12
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups Gluten-free flour
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup White sugar
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 4 oz Softened butter
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 cup Mashed bananas About 2 bananas
Frosting
- 8 oz Cream cheese
- ¾ cup Confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoon Butter softened
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan or line it with parchment paper, and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the gluten-free flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda until well combined. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter, white sugar and brown sugar, until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in the milk and vanilla extract and mix one more time. Fold in the mashed bananas until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread it out evenly with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the cream cheese frosting. In a mixing bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese, confectioners sugar, softened butter, and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
- Once the cake has cooled completely, spread the cream cheese frosting evenly over the top of the cake.
- Decorate with sliced bananas.
- Slice the cake into squares and serve.