This easy banana cake is rich, sweet, yet light and moist cake prepared without eggs and is frosted with a delicious sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting. It is perfect with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk. You can add chopped walnuts and nuts of your choice on top of it, but I am making it plain or simple with using full of banana flavor only.
This cake tastes just as like my eggless banana bread, but in a cake form with light and fluffy texture with super moist crumbs. Plus, the light, tangy cream cheese frosting just complements the banana flavor perfectly.
Give it a try for your loved ones.
Eggless Banana Cake
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour (maida)
- ¾ cup White granulated sugar
- ¾ cup overripe banana mashed
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup oil (Use any flavorless oil like canola, vegetable, corn, sunflower oil)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons vinegar (White distilled vinegar or Apple cider vinegar)
- For frosting - 4 oz or ½ cup cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar (icing sugar)
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) for at least 10 minutes.
- Take a 9 inch cake tin and grease with butter or oil. Set it aside.
- In a large bowl add all purpose flour, white sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Whisk all the ingredients nicely till all combined well.
- Now mash the banana with the same measurement as mentioned above.
- In other bowl, prepare the banana mixture. Add mashed banana along with remaining wet ingredients milk, oil, vanilla extract and vinegarBeat together till it’s all well combined.
- Now add dry flour mixture to the wet ingredients mix. Mix well with a whisk and fold everything until all the dry ingredients combine well with the banana mixture.Remember do not over-mix the batter. Mix till just combined.
- The batter is now done.
- Remove the batter to the prepared cake pan. Even out the batter using a spatula.
- Bake at the preheated oven for 32-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Take out the cake from oven and let it cool completly.
Make frosting
- Meanwhile prepare the cream cheese frosting.
- In a bowl, add softened butter and cream cheese. Whisk nicely till it becomes smooth with help of wire whisk or do by hand or use a hand mixer or stand mixer with a whisk attachment.
- Now sieve the powdered sugar into it, beat it again till smooth, fluffy, shiny and spreading consistency. It will take about 3-4 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract, lemon juice. Beat it again till all mixed.
- The frosting is ready. Make sure while the cake is cooled completely before you start frosting.
- Add frosting in the center of the cake, spread evenly using a spatula or butter knife.
- Then cut into slices and enjoy.
Tips
- Use well ripped bananas because they are easier to mash and have a natural sweetness.
- Cinnamon gives the cake more flavors so if you like to add cinnamon, then add ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- Also sprinkle chopped toasted walnuts or nuts of your choice on top.
- Moreover, keep an eye when baking cake because each oven works differently.
- Additionally, double the recipe and make two-layered eggless banana cake for a large get-together or birthday celebrations.