Banana Honey Cake
Submitted by dijcc
A two-layer banana cake made with honey-soaked oats, mashed bananas, and butter, frosted with a smooth cream cheese icing. Hearty, moist, and naturally sweetened with a full cup of honey.
YIELD
1 cakePREP
25 minCOOK
35 minREADY
60 minHoney does double duty in this cake, and the oats are the secret nobody sees coming.
Boiled honey gets poured over rolled oats to soften them, then the mixture folds into a banana batter with butter, eggs, and flour. The result is a cake with incredible moisture and a subtle chewiness from those softened oats hiding inside.
The cream cheese frosting is the classic finishing touch: tangy, smooth, and just sweet enough to balance the honey in the cake layers.
Decorate with fresh banana slices right before serving and keep it refrigerated.
Chef Tips
- Let the honey-oat mixture sit the full 10 minutes so the oats absorb completely. Skipping this step leaves you with crunchy bits in the cake
- Boiling the honey with baking soda causes it to foam up, so use a pot bigger than you think you need
- Bring the cream cheese fully to room temperature before beating for the smoothest, lump-free frosting
- Line your cake pans with waxed paper for clean release. This batter sticks without it
Ingredients
Directions
For cake, bring honey to a boil in medium-sized saucepan; add ½ teaspoon of the soda. Pour over oats; stir to combine. Cover and let stand 10 minutes.
Beat butter until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Blend in eggs. Add oats mixture and bananas; blend well. Sift together flour, remaining ½ teaspoon soda, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture; blend well.
Pour batter into 2 greased and waxed paper-lined 8-inch round cake pans.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire rack about 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool.
For frosting, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency. Spread between layers and over top of cake; refrigerate.
Just before serving, decorate with banana slices. Makes one 2-layer cake.
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