Baking banana bread in a cake pan makes a wonderful cake and it tastes amazing! This banana bread cake is moist, easy to make and so delicious.
The Easiest Banana Bread!
Where are all my cake pan fans? The ones like me, who swear by not having too many specialty baking pans in their kitchen.
This banana bread is the perfect recipe for your cake pan, and it is the perfect snack cake because it is not too heavy and it is the perfect afternoon snack.
If you are still unsure about baking banana bread in a cake pan instead of a loaf pan, you will be happy to know that I have tested this out many times and it will yield the same results as a loaf pan. This recipe is for a 1- 9 inch round cake pan.
The easy banana bread will rise up nicely and look just like a cake and it is also served with the most amazing whipped ricotta on the side. You can use the topping or omit it and either way, it will be delicious.
What You Will Need
The ingredients are all simple. Here is what you need (full recipe below):
Banana Cake
- 3 really ripe bananas: Overripe is even better! (plus an extra one for the top if you want to add sliced bananas to the top of your cake).
- Vegetable oil: This keeps the banana bread moist.
- Eggs: I like to use large eggs
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar: This adds so much flavor!
- Yogurt: Just a little.
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder: This helps with the rise.
- Baking soda
- Vanilla extract: Try to find a good quality one.
Whipped ricotta with honey topping
- Ricotta: Whole milk ricotta works best.
- Honey: This is the sweetener for the whipped ricotta.
- Vanilla extract
Recipe Note: If you would prefer not to make the whipped ricotta topping, the banana bread will taste amazing on its own. You can also whip up this easy condensed milk sauce to serve alongside this cake and it would be extra delicious.
How to make Banana Bread Cake
The steps to making this really moist banana cake are as simple as the ingredients. This recipe is not fussy at all.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Add all of your dry ingredients to one bowl (except the sugar)
- Mix Wet Ingredients: In a separate bowl add your sugar and oil and cream together. Add your eggs to the cream mixture along with your vanilla and mix well.
- Add bananas: Mash in your bananas and mix well
- Combine: Now add your dry ingredients and spices to the mixture and mix until incorporated.
- Bake: Pour into a prepared cake pan, top with slices of banana on top (optional) and bake.
The longest part of this recipe will be the baking. Assembling it all is easy and no special skills are required.
You will have an entire hour to sit back relax and do whatever you like. The end result is worth it to have a slice of this delicious banana bread cake!
More Ricotta Recipes
If you love this banana cake with whipped ricotta, you may also like these:
Cake Pan Banana Bread with Whipped Ricotta
Equipment
- 9-inch cake pan
Ingredients
Banana Bread
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 4 ripe bananas 3 for the batter and one for the topping if you want to add the sliced bananas on top.
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Whipped ricotta topping
- 2 cups whole milk ricotta
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Banana Bread
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees
- If you are making the whipped ricotta topping, remove the ricotta from the fridge now so it can come to room temperature to make later on.2 cups whole milk ricotta
- Prepare one 9 inch round cake pan by buttering the pan and then adding flour on top of the buttered pan and shaking it all around until the entire pan has been coated. Make sure to get the sides. Shake out any excess flour over the sink.
- In a large bowl add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and mix together3 cups all purpose flour, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- In a separate bowl add your oil, vanilla and both sugars and mix on medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy.1 ¾ cups granulated sugar, ¼ cup light brown sugar packed, ¾ cup vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Now add your eggs to the creamy mixture and mix well.3 large eggs
- Add your 3 bananas into your oil and egg mixture and mash them well well. Stir to make sure the bananas are all broken up.4 ripe bananas
- Now add your dry ingredients into the wet mixture bowl and mix until it all is incorporated.
- Pour your batter into your prepared cake pan.
- Take the 4th banana that you reserved and peel it. With a sharp knife, carefully slice the banana lengthwise into 3 slices.
- Gently lay your banana slices on top of your banana bread batter one next to the other.
- Place your cake pan on to a sheet pan and place in the oven for 35 minutes.
- After 35 minutes, cover the top of your banana bread with aluminum foil by gently laying a piece over top.
- Place back in the oven for another 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- When done, remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve by slicing pieces from the cake pan.
Whipped Ricotta Topping
- While the banana bread is cooling take your room temperature ricotta and add it to a medium bowl.
- Add your honey and vanilla extract and whip on medium speed with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until the ricotta mixture is smooth and creamy.¼ cup honey, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Serve along side the banana bread
Nutrition
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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