Let Them Eat Cake!

We had a lot of fun celebrating Tony’s 29^th birthday this last weekend! His last year in his 20’s! We got together with his family at Heck’s, a Cleveland burger place that has been open since 1974, and then came back to our place for cake!

 Tony always requests a Banana Nut Cream Cheese Cake for his birthday. It’s pretty much banana nut bread turned into a cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s delicious, even if I do say so myself. It’s a bit of work as it’s a 3 layered cake, but I can’t deny the birthday boy his favorite cake right?!

Several of you requested the recipe so check it out below. This cake is one of my mom’s specialties! She also puts a thin layer of sliced bananas between each layer of the cake. I love the pecans and like to put a layer of those with the frosting between each layer. So whatever hits your fancy-go for it! And let me know how it turns out!

Banana Nut Cream Cheese Cake

Cake Ingredients:

3 cups flour (plus more for sprinkling on pans)

2 cups sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp salt

3 eggs beaten

¾ cup vegetable oil

3-4 large ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup chopped pecans

1½ tsp vanilla extract

Frosting Ingredients: (I double this frosting recipe when I make it so I won’t run out)

1 8oz pkg cream cheese (room temp)

½ cup butter (1 stick) (room temp)

1 pound powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Prep Directions:

1) Grease & flour 3 (9 inch) cake pans

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

Cake Directions:

1) Stir flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, & salt together in a large mixing bowl

2) Add beaten eggs & oil and stir just until dry ingredients moisten (Don’t beat)

3) Stir in mashed bananas, pecans, & vanilla

4) Divide the batter among the 3 pans

5) Bake for 23-28 minutes (or until inserted toothpick comes out clean)

6) Cool the cake layers in pans for 10 minutes

7) Then turn them out onto a cooling rack to completely cool before frosting

Frosting Directions:

1) Blend cream cheese & butter together in a bowl

2) Gradually add powdered sugar & beat until fluffy

3) Beat in Vanilla

4) Fill and frost the completely cooled cakes