BANANA CAKE WITH BOURBON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Banana Cake With Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting image

Provided by Daymented

Categories Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 12-16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas, mashed
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) box cream cheese, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
50 ml Bourbon (an airline bottle)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease and flour two 8" round pans.
In a small bowl whisk together flour, soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Mix in bananas*.
Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture.
Pour into cake pans.
Bake for 30 minutes.
While the cake is baking, make frosting: beat butter and cream cheese until smooth, then add powdered sugar and Bourbon- if the amount of booze scares you, add less, or use bourbon flavoring.
*Wefreeze overripe bananas- when it's time to use them, we place them in a cup of hot water for just a few minutes, and they slide right out of their peel.
Once the cakes cool, frost them- the cake (stacked) is pretty heavy and dense, so don't expect a tall fluffy cake.
Stays moist for days if covered properly.