Homemade Easy Moist Banana Cream Cake From Scratch

This easy banana cream cake recipe from scratch is a very simple homemade super moist banana cake recipe using ripe or over ripe bananas and it is decorated in creamy red, blue and white colors with whipped cream frosting as I made this for the July 4th! But you can make this simple, easy and delicious banana cake for snack or dessert, and decorate it using vanilla cream cheese frosting, chocolate cream cheese icing or whipped cream icing and serve for birthday party, holidays or any celebrations as you like!

This is a single layer banana cream cake which is frosted with vanilla whipped cream frosting, but as I mentioned you may use vanilla cream cheese frosting or even chocolate cream cheese icing to frost this cake.

This is a simple homemade banana cream cake which you can decorate more fancy if you wish, to serve for holidays like Christmas, birthday party and more.

The creamy topping is perfect with whipped cream but make sure to refrigerate as soon as you frost the cake and take it out of refrigerator only when it is time to serve, since the whipped cream will melt if you keep outside for longer periods.

If you want a more stable creamy frosting which will last for longer time outside the refrigerator, it is a good idea to use cream cheese frosting.

As I mentioned, this is a simple single layer cake which has creamy frosting only on top of the cake. However, if you wish to layer the cake quickly, you may slice the cake evenly to make it two layers and apply the creamy frosting in between the layers as well.

If you are not in a hurry or if you want more servings of the cake, you can easily double the recipe to make two banana cakes at the same time and use the cakes to make layered cakes.

You can used whipped cream or cream cheese frosting to apply the filling and topping as you wish.

Easy Homemade Cakes & Bread Recipes Using Over Ripe Bananas:

We use quite a lot of ripe bananas in this simple banana cake recipe, so if you have a lot of browned or over ripe bananas at your home, this is a very good recipe for banana cake where you can use your over ripe browned bananas.

You can also use overripe bananas to make banana bread following this simple homemade banana bread recipe or this no egg banana bread recipe!

If you love easy banana cake recipes for breakfast, dessert on snack, I also have this delicious super moist eggless banana cake with yogurt and also moist chocolate banana cake (no eggs), both homemade from scratch!

In this easy banana cake recipe from scratch, we have used eggs and it is moist and delicious and super easy & simple to make at home if you have very ripe or over ripe bananas.

I recommend using super fine cake flour to make this banana cake for best results.

Also make sure to use very ripe bananas, which are browned in skin if possible for the very best results.

You can buy super fine cake flour here, you may also use regular all purpose flour instead.

You can easily follow this easy homemade banana cake recipe from scratch to make homemade banana cake.

This simple and yummy banana cake can be enjoyed as dessert for breakfast with a little vanilla whipped cream on top as I used here or you can also enjoy this for snack with tea or dessert for dinner.

I actually made this simple banana cake for the fourth of July so I put a very simple decoration of red white and blue on this banana cake using vanilla whipped cream (for white), strawberry jam (for red) and blue sugar sprinkles (for blue) which looked so pretty and it was so easy to put them together.

The whole thing took less than one and half hours (other than the cooling time for cake) and so that is why I told it is so easy to make!

So here is how I made the simple banana cake following this easy banana cake recipe from scratch.

How To Make Easy Moist Homemade Banana Cake From Scratch?

To make easy, homemade moist banana cake from scratch, we use the following ingredients.

ingredients to make easy moist banana cake

5 ripe bananas (if using large bananas you may use 4)

2 cups cake flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 stick butter melted

1.5 cups sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

for creamy frosting:

vanilla whipped cream frosting or use vanilla cream cheese frosting

Step by step instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.

Peel and mash the bananas and keep it aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder and baking soda.

In another bowl, mix together the melted butter and sugar.

Add the eggs to the butter sugar mixture and beat the mixture well using a balloon whisk for best results.

Add the vanilla extract to the egg butter sugar mixture and mix using a spoon.

Add the mashed bananas and the egg butter sugar mixture to the dry flour mixture.

Mix all ingredients together, you may use a balloon whisk or mixer to blend the ingredients and to avoid any lumps.

It is important not to over mix the ingredients, just mixing for few seconds is enough.

Grease a cake pan with butter and pour the cake batter in to it.

Bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

In case the top of the cake browns before the inside is completely cooked, cover the top with aluminium foil and bake for the rest of the time.

Allow the cake to cool in the rack.

After cooling the cake completely, you can apply the vanilla whipped cream frosting or use cream cheese frosting like vanilla cream cheese frosting (which will last more if you want to keep at room temperature for longer time) etc or enjoy the cake as it is!

For more servings of cakes with creamy fillings in between the layers, you can double the recipe to make two banana cakes at the same time and use the whipped cream frosting or cream cheese frosting to fill between the layers and also do the topping.

Keep in mind that whipped cream frosting is more lighter in texture and will melt faster in room temperature. So make sure to store the cake in refrigerator once you have frosted the cake and until ready to serve.

If you wish to store the cake in room temperature for more time, it is a good idea to use cream cheese frosting which will last more better at room temperature (though it is ideal to refrigerate once frosted).

Below you can get the detailed recipe for easy moist homemade banana cake in detail.