Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Peanut butter, banana, and chocolate are one fine trio, especially in cake-and-icing form. The banana-y cake is deliciously moist, and when you hit a bite with peanut butter cup, it's heaven. And the frosting? Out of this world.
Yield: 12servings
Ingredients
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Banana Cake:
2cupsall-purpose flour
3/4teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/2cup1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2cupssugar
2eggs
3/4cupsour cream
1 1/3cupsmashed ripe bananasabout 3 large
2tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
2cups2 8-ounce packages Reese's peanut butter cup minis (unwrapped mini cups), with 12 reserved for the top of the cake
Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8-ounceblock cream cheeseroom temperature
1/2cup1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2cuppeanut butter
1 1/2cupspowdered sugar
2tablespoonsheavy whipping cream
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 13-inch x 9-inch baking pan. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the beater blade attachment or in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar on medium speed until well-blended. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until the mixture is fluffy. Mix in the sour cream, bananas, and lemon juice. Pour in the flour mixture a little at a time and beat until well-blended. Gently stir in the peanut butter cup minis with a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top of the cake is golden and a toothpick or tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.
Make the frosting. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the beater attachment or in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter until well-blended. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the powdered sugar until well-incorporated. Increase the speed to medium and beat for another 30 seconds. Add the heavy whipping cream and beat for about three minutes until the frosting is fairly light and smooth.
Spread the frosting on the completely cooled cake. Place the reserved peanut butter cup minis on the cake, evenly spaced. Cut into 12 pieces and serve. Store leftover cake in the refrigerator. It keeps well for about 3 - 4 days.