Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
"Ohh peanut butter and banana...in a CAKE! YUMMY! Another one of those grocery store recipe cookbook finds!"
photo by lilsweetie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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1 bundt cake
ingredients
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CAKE
- 1 butter recipe yellow cake mix
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup oil
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- 3 eggs
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FROSTING
- 3⁄4 cup creamy vanilla frosting (from can)
- 1⁄4 cup creamy peanut butter
directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a bundt pan.
- In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients, beat on low speed until moistened, then beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
- Pour batter into greased/floured pan.
- Bake cake at 350 degrees F for 45-55 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
- (Cake will be moist on top.) Cool in pan 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool for 45 minutes, or until completely cooled.
- Microwave frosting on high for 25-35 seconds, or until thin consistency.
- Immediately stir in peanut butter.
- Drizzle warm frosting over cake.
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Reviews
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This was an awesome recipe! First of all, I love cake mix recipes because they lend themselves to experimentation so well. I had two whole batches of bananas going bad at one time, so made two versions. The one printed here was sooo good! I recommend microwaving the peanut butter and the frosting together in a bowl and then stirring. Also, it goes on the cake more easily if the cake itself is still warm. The second version I tried was with a spice cake mix--all else the same, although I think a butterscotch pudding would be interesting, too. I used a pecan coconut frostingl (the popular one for German chocolate cakes), and wow!! Next time (probably Thanksgiving) I'll do the spice version with caramel frosting and see which one I like better. Happy baking! Kari -
Peanut butter and bananas, one of my favorite flavor combinations. The only thing missing to make this cake heavenly is chocolate, and I managed to remedy to situation for me by using a dark chocolate cake mix instead of a yellow cake mix. Still used the vanilla pudding, and this came out great! You do need to nuke the frosting to make it a little runny, the top of the cake is a bit moist and I don't think frosting would spread very well, especially when thickend by peanut butter. Shae, thanks, this one is going to become a family favorite!
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I love this recipe... It is a great way to use up the lonely bananas. I use a banana cake mix, a banana pudding and add mini-chocolate chips!!! Sometimes I even add a little bit of mexican vanilla! Yum! Thanks for posting! -
This was very good. It smelled great while baking. It is not a light and fluffy cake-more heavy. If I try it again I will fix in a 9x13 pan instead.
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I made this cake for a work function, and I kid you not, I got "Best Cake Ever" from several different coworkers. I followed the receipe exactly, and it was absolutely perfect. I'll be making this one again very soon.
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Tweaks
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This was a wonderful cake. I had no yellow cake mix around the house so I used a Funfetti mix--that gave it an interesting look, for certain. I also used banana cream pudding instead of vanilla. When making the icing, I heated the frosting for a few seconds in the microwave and then added the room temperature peanut butter. This helped it to blend well (it also helped that I was using the ultra-fluffy variety of frosting). All of my substitutions seemed to work out well, and I even added a couple drops of yellow food coloring to give it the correct color. The second time I made this cake (it's now a favorite for cleaning up the last of the bananas) I only had one banana, but the recipe still worked out just fine. I assume this was because the recipe is really just a prepared cake mix with banana and pudding added for the flavor and gluey bundt cake texture. Anyhow, it tasted great all around! I'd suggest adding walnuts or mini chocolate chips, though I haven't tried it myself. Easily five stars. -
Peanut butter and bananas, one of my favorite flavor combinations. The only thing missing to make this cake heavenly is chocolate, and I managed to remedy to situation for me by using a dark chocolate cake mix instead of a yellow cake mix. Still used the vanilla pudding, and this came out great! You do need to nuke the frosting to make it a little runny, the top of the cake is a bit moist and I don't think frosting would spread very well, especially when thickend by peanut butter. Shae, thanks, this one is going to become a family favorite!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Shae2138
United States
