This kosher recipe for the best Easy Homemade Banana Cake is a simple dessert that is ready in no time and is also healthy! Get ready to turn your old bananas into a yummy cake using only 10 ingredients. This recipe is kosher, non-dairy, and pareve. Read on to learn how to make the best Easy Homemade Banana Cake from scratch.
Why This Recipe Works
- Easy to prepare. Everything you need to make this banana cake is in your kitchen already. Just clear off some counter space, grab a mixing bowl and your standing mixer, and you are ready to go!
- Quick to put together. With only 10 common ingredients, preparation of this cake takes less than 20 minutes.
- A great use for old bananas. We believe in not wasting food whenever possible. This includes those old bananas. When bananas get old, they tend to go black and they look gross. But looks can be deceiving, the bananas actually get sweeter and better for baking when they turn black. This recipe, just like our Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins, are a great use for old bananas.
- Great by itself or with toppings. There is so much flavor in this banana cake that it does not need toppings, but since when is dessert just about what you need. This cake goes well with lots of great toppings like chocolate syrup, vanilla or chocolate ice cream, and even our own Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
10 Ingredient Recipe
All that flavor and these are the only ingredients you need.
A Step by step guide to making this recipe
Time needed: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The best Easy Homemade Banana Cake step by step.
- Cream the butter and sugar.
Using a standing mixer for this step will make your life a whole lot easier. Add the butter and sugar together into a mixing bowl and set the mixer to medium/high speed. Mix for 1 minute. You can also do this with a handheld electric mixer but it will require more attention to make sure you get it to the right consistency. Either way, when properly creamed it should look like this:
- Add eggs and pareve "buttermilk."
Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar into the almond milk and let sit for 5 minutes. This creates a pareve "buttermilk." Add 2 eggs and the pareve buttermilk and mix again. This time set the mixer to low speed and mix until the eggs are just blended. After the initial creaming, you do not want to mix at the higher settings for the remainder of the recipe as overmixing could cause the cake to dry out.
- Add flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
Add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir with a spoon or whisk.
- Mash the bananas.
Get ready to let your aggression out. Peel the bananas and toss them into a separate bowl. With a fork or potato masher, mash away!
- Stir in the bananas and vanilla.
With a spoon or whisk, stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla. If you are using the standing mixer for this, make sure it is set to low and only mix until just after the bananas and vanilla are fully incorporated into the batter.
- Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Pour in the chocolate chips and walnuts (optional) and give it a stir.
- Pour batter into pan.
Pour the batter into a 9x13 pan for baking. Smooth out the top with a spatula.
- Bake.
Bake at 350ºF for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Recipe FAQ
Whether you are making banana cake, banana bread, or banana muffins, the older the better. As bananas age, the peel gets black but the insides get mushy and sweet. That being said, if you see mold on the peel or if you notice any funny smell that does not smell like a banana, you probably should just toss it and find a different banana to use.
Once baked, the banana cake should keep for about 4-7 days covered outside of the refrigerator. If you are going to keep it for longer than that, cover the cake with plastic wrap and then place it into an airtight plastic bag and then into the freezer. The double wrap should help to avoid freezer burn. Defrost for 45 minutes before serving.
This is a tough one as they are very similar and can be confused very easily. The banana cake is usually lighter and has a heavier butter content while the banana bread is going to be denser. Banana bread is traditionally served in form that resembles a loaf of bread while the banana cake will look like a cake.
The biggest reason is that the batter was overmixed. When you mix the batter for too long it creates air pockets that make the cake dry out while baking. This recipe avoids that by calling for hand mixing when possible. This insures that the banana cake batter will not be overmixed and should not dry out during baking.
Yes. Just be aware that the baking time changes significantly if you make the banana cake into cupcakes. Bake them for 15-20 minutes instead of 45-60. Always check to make sure that a toothpick comes out clean.
Tips and Suggestions
- Top with vanilla or chocolate ice cream. They both work with homemade banana cake.
- Serve at Rosh HaShanna or a summer bbq.
- Great for a kiddush or Shabbat lunch.
- Get creative and drizzle chocolate and strawberry syrup over the top.
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Easy Homemade Banana Cake
Equipment
- standing mixer
Ingredients
- ½ cup non-dairy butter substitute or butter if you make this dairy
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- salt dash
- 3 bananas old bananas work best
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Curdle the almond milk by adding the vinegar to it and letting it sit for 5 minutes.
- Using a standing mixer set to medium/high cream the butter and sugar for 1 minute.
- Add eggs, and "buttermilk," mix on low for 1 minute.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix on low for 1 minute.
- Mash the bananas and add them to the batter along with the vanilla. Mix on low for 1 minute.
- Add the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Mix gently.
- Bake at 350ºF for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
Tips and Suggestions
- Top with vanilla or chocolate ice cream. They both work with homemade banana cake.
- Serve at Rosh HaShanna or a summer bbq.
- Great for a kiddush or Shabbat lunch.
- Get creative and drizzle chocolate and strawberry syrup over the top.
