Yummy Banana Cake Roll

Name: Yummy Banana Cake Roll
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 Roll, 12-15 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 2/3 cup mashed banana (2 medium bananas); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; powdered sugar, for dusting; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted; 6 tablespoons butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon banana extract; 1/4 cup powdered sugar, for dusting

Submitted by ChamoritaMomma

"If you’re looking to try something a little different with those overripe bananas sitting in your fruit basket, how about a banana roll? Banana sponge cake spread with a thick cream cheese filling rolled up into one yummy package — what’s not to love?"

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photo by Tammy W.

Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 1 Roll
Serves:: 12-15

ingredients

Cake
³⁄₄ cup all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
²⁄₃ cup mashed banana (2 medium bananas)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
powdered sugar, for dusting
Filling
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
6 tablespoons butter, softened
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla extract
¹⁄₂ teaspoon banana extract
¹⁄₄ cup powdered sugar, for dusting

directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 15×10 inch jelly-roll pan; line with parchment paper. Grease and flour paper; set aside. Spread out a clean, thin dish towel on the counter (make sure the towel is larger than your jelly roll pan); sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar (this can be done using a mesh strainer).
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda. In a large bowl combine eggs and sugar; beat until thickened. Add bananas and vanilla; beat until well mixed. Stir in flour mixture into egg mixture. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan, easing it carefully to the corners with a spatula.
Bake for 13-15 minutes or until center springs back when lightly touched.
Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan; invert cake onto the prepared towel. Remove pan; carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake in towel while hot, starting with 10-inch side. Cool completely on wire rack, at least an hour.
When cake is almost completely cooled, make the filling: beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, and both extracts in small mixer bowl until smooth.
When cake has cooled completely, unroll and spread with filling, then re-roll cake. Wrap rolled cake in plastic wrap then refrigerate at least one hour but overnight is best.
To serve, unwrap cake and place on a platter. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired, cut into slices.

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Reviews

Mmm...this was good and fairly easy to make! I made the mistake of not sugaring my towel enough - OOPS! My cake tore a little. Oh well, still tastes great. Thanks for another great recipe!

Lil Monkey
I had ready to you bananas and I was looking for a new recipie. Although I normally only make something if it has a hundred reviews with a five star rating I took a risk with this recipie. It was delicious, moist, simply perfect. I saved thia recipe and will make it again! Thank yoh!

francis c.
If you're like me and looked at this recipe and said "there's no way I can roll a cake", DON'T RUN AWAY! I made this as a layer cake. I cut the sponge cake into quarters and put the cream cheese icing on top of each layer. It looked great with the cream cheese puffing out between the layers a bit, and I didn't have to refrigerate it to cut it! <br/>Like most people, I modify recipes a tad. I left the cake, but knew I'd need a lighter filling. So I left out the banana extract and subbed half of the amount of butter with heaping tablespoons of whipped cream. I can't imagine the icing being any heavier than it was, and banana extract would have overpowered the delicious banana flavor of the cake! Definitely try this-- the whole family loved it.

annabee800

Tweaks

If you're like me and looked at this recipe and said "there's no way I can roll a cake", DON'T RUN AWAY! I made this as a layer cake. I cut the sponge cake into quarters and put the cream cheese icing on top of each layer. It looked great with the cream cheese puffing out between the layers a bit, and I didn't have to refrigerate it to cut it! <br/>Like most people, I modify recipes a tad. I left the cake, but knew I'd need a lighter filling. So I left out the banana extract and subbed half of the amount of butter with heaping tablespoons of whipped cream. I can't imagine the icing being any heavier than it was, and banana extract would have overpowered the delicious banana flavor of the cake! Definitely try this-- the whole family loved it.

annabee800