BANANA WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH ICING - ABSOLUTELY DECADENT

Banana White Chocolate Cake With Icing - Absolutely Decadent image

Provided by Gerry

Categories Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 12-14 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups pastry flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
1 cup white chocolate (chopped)
1/4 cup white chocolate (for garnish,may use more if you wish)
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (room temperature)
6 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
1 cup icing sugar (sifted)
4 tablespoons sour cream

Steps:

Cake: Preheat oven to 350, grease and flour 2 9 inch cake pans.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, add to creamed mixture alternately with the mashed bananas.
Fold in the chopped white chocolate and divide mixture into into pans, spread evenly.
Bake 30 minutes or until a tester inserted in center of the cakes comes out clean.
Allow to cool ten minutes in the pans, then turn out onto a serving plate.
Cream Cheese Icing: with electric beater cream cheese until smooth, then beat in the butter.
Reduce speed and add icing sugar beating until smooth, stir in sour cream.
To Assemble: When completely cool ice and garnish with large white chocolate curls made using a vegetable peeler.
Note: have made this using layer cake pans as well as in a 9x13 pan which makes for a great 'bake and take'.