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Birthday Banana Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

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Delicious Banana Cake with Browned Butter Frosting. Based on the Banana Bread Bars recipe from Tastes Better from Scratch website.

Ingredients

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Banana Cake:

  • 1/2 C Butter
  • 1 1/2 C Sugar
  • 5 ripe Bananas (If frozen, thaw and mash)
  • 1 C Plain Greek-Style Yogurt
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 3 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 3/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 C AP Flour
  • 1 C Cake Flour

Browned Butter Frosting:

  • 6 TBSP Unsalted Butter
  • 3 Cups Confectioner’s Sugar
  • 2 TBSP Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 3–4 TBSP Heavy Cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350*
  2. Prepare a 9×13″ pan
  3. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth
  4. Add Greek-Style Yogurt, eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla
  5. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined
  6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-35 minutes, until tester in center comes out clean.
  7. In a pan, (I use a larger wok style fry pan) melt butter and simmer until it turns a light brown in color.
  8. Remove butter from heat, add confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream until the glaze is smooth and to the desired thickness.
  9. Spread frosting over the cake while it is still warm.

Find it online: https://mythankfultable.com/2017/08/28/birthday-blessings-and-banana-cake-with-browned-butter-frosting/