Banana Cake with Orange Icing

An easy summertime Banana Cake with Orange Icing which is perfect anytime! Easy to freeze too!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword easy cake recipes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 331kcal

Author Nicole Cook

Ingredients

Cake:

1 cup butter softened (2 sticks)
1 cups brown sugar firmly packed
3 eggs room temperature
1 cups bananas over-ripe is best, mashed
2 cups all purpose flour
½ Tablespoons vanilla extract

Icing:

1 ¾ cups powdered sugar
2 ¼ teaspoons butter softened
3 tablespoons orange juice

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large square cake pan and line with baking paper.
Beat the margarine and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract. Stir in half of the flour, then half of the mashed bananas. Repeat with remaining halves.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 20-30. Rotate the pan halfway through the cooking time to avoid hot spots. Cake is baked when skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in cake pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. When cold, spread with icing.

For Icing

Melt the butter in the microwave. Add powdered sugar, using the orange juice to form a slightly runny paste. If it isn't runny enough, add a small amount of orange juice at a time until desired consistency.
Pour over cold cake, letting the icing run down sides.
Decorate with chopped nuts if desired.

Notes

Tip – Can be cut into individual servings after they’ve been iced and can be frozen. Reheat in microwave. The icing kind of melts to form a glaze not dissimilar to a microwave pudding!

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