Name: Chocolate Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; White sugar - ¾ cup; Whole wheat flour - ½ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup; Baking powder - 2 teaspoons; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Bananas, mashed - 2 large; Buttermilk - ¾ cup; Egg whites - ½ cup; Unsweetened applesauce - ⅓ cup; Egg - 1; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®) - 1 (8 ounce) package; Creamy peanut butter - ¼ cup; Confectioners' sugar - ¼ cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Banana, sliced - 1

Chocolate Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Chocolate Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Cooking spray -

2. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

3. White sugar - ¾ cup

4. Whole wheat flour - ½ cup

5. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup

6. Baking powder - 2 teaspoons

7. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

8. Salt - ½ teaspoon

9. Bananas, mashed - 2 large

10. Buttermilk - ¾ cup

11. Egg whites - ½ cup

12. Unsweetened applesauce - ⅓ cup

13. Egg - 1

14. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

15. Cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®) - 1 (8 ounce) package

16. Creamy peanut butter - ¼ cup

17. Confectioners' sugar - ¼ cup

18. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

19. Banana, sliced - 1

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch baking pans with cooking spray.

2. Stage

Combine all-purpose flour, white sugar, whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

3. Stage

Stir mashed bananas, buttermilk, egg whites, applesauce, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Add gradually to the flour mixture, mixing until batter is just combined.

4. Stage

Divide batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 30 minutes.

6. Stage

Combine cream cheese, peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until frosting is creamy.

7. Stage

Run a rubber spatula around the edges of the cooled cakes. Grease a baking sheet lightly with cooking spray. Invert cake pans onto the baking sheet; tap bottoms lightly to release cakes.

8. Stage

Spread frosting onto the cake layers. Stack layers; frost top and sides. Cut into 8 slices. Garnish with banana slices.