Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 8 ounce package of cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 C butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 C sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/4 C mashed ripe bananas, about 3 medium
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 C all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
Topping
- 1 C chopped pecans
- 2 Tb dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Mix in the bananas and vanilla. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix into the batter just until combined. Do not overmix!
- In a small bowl, combine all the topping ingredients. Add half of the topping to the cake batter and gently fold in. Pour the batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Sprinkle on the remaining topping and bake for 25 – 30 minutes, until light touch in the center springs back. Cool on a wire rack. Drizzle on a powdered sugar glaze if desired (1 1/2 C powdered sugar, dash of salt, dash of vanilla and enough milk to allow the glaze to drizzle off your spoon.)
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/12th
- Calories: 448
- Sugar: 41g
- Sodium: 364mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 61g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 70mg