Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Yield: 16 Servings

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 4  tablespoons  unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2  tablespoons  canola oil
• 3/4  cup  sugar
• 2  large eggs plus 1 large egg white, at room temperature
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 4  large ripe bananas
• 1/4  cup  milk
• 
  Frosting:
• 4  ounces  reduced-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1 1/2  cups  confectioners' sugar
• 2  tablespoons  chopped toasted walnuts, optional

Preparation

Make cake: Preheat oven to 375°F. Mist an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. With an electric mixer, beat butter, oil and sugar. Beat in eggs and egg white, then vanilla. Mash bananas with milk.

Stir half of dry ingredients into butter mixture, then stir in banana mixture. Mix in remaining dry ingredients. Pour batter into baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let cake cool in pan on a wire rack.

Make frosting: With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and vanilla. Reduce speed and gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread cake with frosting and sprinkle with walnuts, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

238

Fat:

8g (sat 3g)

Protein:

4g

Carbohydrate:

40g

Fiber:

2g

Cholesterol:

39mg

Sodium:

146mg