Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• vegetable shortening
• flour
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons creme de banane (optional)
• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 4 tablespoons butter, room temterture
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon banana flavoring

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease and flour a 13x9-inch baking pan, shake out excess flour.
• 3 place cake mix, brown sugar and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
• 4 add mashed bananas, one cup of water, oil, eggs and if desired, liqueur.
• 5 blend with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute.
• 6 stop mixer and scrape down side of bowl with rubber spatula.
• 7 beat 2 minutes at medium speed until well blended.
• 8 pour into prepared pan, place on center rack of oven.
• 9 bake until lightly browned, about 40 minutes, toothpick inserted in center comes out clean remove from oven, cool on wire rack.
• 10 frosting: place cream cheese and butter in large mixing bowl.
• 11 blend with mixer on low until combined.
• 12 add powdered sugar a little at a time, and blend on low speed until well mixed.
• 13 add flavoring and blend until fluffy.
• 14 use at once to frost cake.