Easy Banana Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 to make cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 375 degrees. (bake at 350 degrees if using a glass pan).
• 3 cream together sugar, sour cream, egg, and 2 t. softened butter. add mashed bananas and 1 teaspoons vanilla extract. add flour, salt & baking soda; mix well. pour into greased 8 x 8 pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• 4 cool completely before frosting.
• 5 to make frosting:.
• 6 cream butter and confections sugar together until smooth. slowly add the heavy cream; stir until smooth. stir in the vanilla bean past or extract until fully incorporated. spread on cooled cake.
• 7 recipe doubles well to fit in a 9 x 13 pan.
• 8 here is the general rule for substituting vanilla:.
• 9 1 vanilla bean = 1 t. vanilla powder = 1 t. vanilla bean paste = 1 t.pure vanilla extract.