Description
A soft and comforting banana caramel cake with a moist banana sponge soaked in rich caramel and topped with creamy, tangy cream cheese icing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 100g butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 2 bananas, mashed
- ⅔ cup milk
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 (380g) can Nestlé caramel condensed milk
- 250g cream cheese, softened
- 50g butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (for icing)
- 2 cups icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C fan bake and line a baking tray.
- In a large bowl, mix the melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs until smooth.
- Add the mashed bananas and milk and stir until well combined.
- Gently fold in the self-raising flour until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tray and bake for about 30 minutes, until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely.
- Poke holes all over the cooled cake using a skewer.
- Warm the caramel condensed milk until pourable, reserve a small amount, and pour the rest evenly over the cake, spreading to the edges.
- To make the icing, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth.
- Add the icing sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Spread the icing over the cake and drizzle with the reserved caramel.
- Slice and serve.
Notes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 80mg