Ultimate Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting
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The most ultimate, moist flavorful Ultimate Banana Cake recipe you’ve ever tasted, paired with the most ultimate Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting make this combination perfectly divine and irresistible.
Bananas and Nutella together…’nuff said! You may like this Banana Snack Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting as another option!
So Many Ripe Banana Recipes to Bake, So Little Time
You know the drill, right? Bananas are going bad again. You have to make something out of those bananas. Our roundup of 25 Banana Recipes for Ripe Bananas will help you out!
There just seems to be so many options for ripe bananas, it’s hard to narrow it down most of the time for me because I want to taste them all!
Plus, you can freeze ripe bananas and pull them out for recipes such as this, when you get a hankering for Ultimate Banana Cake!
This Ultimate Banana Cake with Fluffy Nutella Toffee Frosting is so awesome, and it’s the perfect treat when you want banana and Nutella chocolate together!
More Nutella recipes you’ll love is this Nutella Cream Pie, these Chocolate Nutella & Peanut Butter Cup Brownies, these Nutella & Coconut Cheesecake Brownies, this Easy No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake and these Nutella Cheesecake Bars!
Why We Love this Ultimate Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting
- It is a classic comfort food that uses simple ingredients and can be quickly prepared.
- Banana cake is made with ripe bananas, flour, oil, buttermilk, sugar and eggs. The combination of ingredients creates a cake that is light, moist, and flavorful.
- The secret to a perfect banana cake is in the ripeness of the bananas and the amount of moistening ingredients. With the right technique, this moist banana cake can be enjoyed again and again.
- The Nutella frosting is light and fluffy with bits of toffee! I can eat this by the spoonfuls!
- The luscious texture make it a winner for any occasion!
- The combination of banana and Nutella together is incredible! Like you’ll find in these ‘Awesome’ Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins!
Ingredients You Need
Ultimate Banana Cake Recipe
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- ripe bananas, mashed
- lemon juice
- unsalted butter softened
- granulated sugar
- eggs, room temp
- vanilla extract
- buttermilk or milk of choice – The simplest way to substitute buttermilk is to pour 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice into a 1 cup measuring cup and then fill the rest of the measuring cup with milk. Then gently stir the mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes.
Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting Recipe
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- powdered sugar
- Nutella
- vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- heavy whipping cream or milk of choice
- Heath Toffee Bits
Topping Layer
How to Make Banana Cake Recipe
Ultimate Banana Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease and flour a 9×9 round or square pan.
- Mix or whisk flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
- Whisk mashed banana with the lemon juice in a small bowl and set aside.
- Using mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, then stir in vanilla.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk until mixed, then stir in banana mixture.
- Before pouring batter into prepared pan, reserve a cup and set aside.
- Pour batter in. (If the cake pan can use more batter, add some or the rest in) Bake in preheated oven for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from oven, and transfer to the freezer for 35 minutes. (Bonus ‘Moist’ Tip!) Or just let it cool on a baking rack until ready to frost.
- Leave cake in pan if you just want to frost it in the pan.
- If you want to frost cake on plate, put plate on top of cake and reverse directions so the bottom of the cake pan is facing up. Pat and shake cake out of pan onto plate. Time to frost!
Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting
- Using a mixer, beat together the butter and powdered sugar on low until well-blended.
- Add the Nutella and increase the speed to medium, beating for two minutes.
- Add the salt and vanilla, then whip for an additional 30 seconds.
- Add the whipping cream and beat for about one minute, until the whipped frosting lightens in color.
- Frost as desired, and sprinkle with Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits by Heath and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Cut cake and serve!
This was our Valentine dessert and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Obviously, my husband noticed how much I ‘thoroughly’ enjoyed this moist banana cake recipe. He had his nose in the fridge and he yelled out, “Hey, what happened to that dessert! Looks like someone has been eating a lot of cake?” Why does he notice these things? 🙂
Don’t blame me if you do a face dive into this Ultimate Banana Cake like you own it! If something suspicious happens it disappears quickly, maybe you can blame the dog. 🙂
More Banana Options for YOU!
- Starbuck’s Banana Bread – Sugar-Free Option
- Easy Double Chocolate Banana Bread
- Fluffy Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls
- Perfect Banana Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Yummy Sour Cream Banana Bars
- Perfect Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins! Fluffy & Moist!
- 25 Delicious Ripe Banana Recipes
- Thick & Chewy Chocolate M&M Cookies
- Ultimate Nutella Brownies
- Nutella Brownie Bites
Ultimate Banana Cake with Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting
Ingredients
Ultimate Banana Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup ripe bananas mashed
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1-1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk The simplest way to substitute buttermilk is to pour 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice into a 1 cup measuring cup and then fill the rest of the measuring cup with milk. Then gently stir the mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes
Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ⅔ cup Nutella
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream or milk of choice
- ⅓ cup Heath Toffee Bits
Topping Layer
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease and flour a 9x9 round or square pan.
- Mix or whisk flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
- Whisk mashed banana with the lemon juice in a small bowl and set aside.
- Using mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, then stir in vanilla.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk until mixed, then stir in banana mixture.
- Before pouring batter into prepared pan, reserve a cup and set aside.
- Pour batter in. (If the cake pan can use more batter, add some or the rest in) Bake in preheated oven for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from oven, and transfer to the freezer for 35 minutes. (Bonus 'Moist' Tip!) Or just let it cool on a baking rack until ready to frost.
- Leave cake in pan if you just want to frost it in the pan.
- If you want to frost cake on plate, put plate on top of cake and reverse directions so the bottom of the cake pan is facing up. Pat and shake cake out of pan onto plate. Time to frost!
Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting
- Using a mixer, beat together the butter and powdered sugar on low until well-blended.
- Add the Nutella and increase the speed to medium, beating for two minutes.
- Add the salt and vanilla, then whip for an additional 30 seconds.
- Add the whipping cream and beat for about one minute, until the whipped frosting lightens in color.
- Frost as desired, and sprinkle with Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits by Heath and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Cut cake and serve!
Notes
Recipe was adapted from Allrecipes
