Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

My husband seems to like banana cake, so I threw this together last night. It turned out well and was quite easy to make. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of banana bread or banana bars, but this was good as well. If you have a few extra brown bananas lying around, make something yummy today!  (Just noticed that I've never made my banana bars for this website.  I will have to fix that very shortly as they are FANTASTIC!)

Ingredients

2 c. sugar

1 c. canola oil

3 eggs

1 T. vanilla

4 overripe bananas, mashed

3 c. flour

1 t. baking soda

1 t. kosher salt

1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 and lightly grease a bundt or 9x13 pan.
2. Place the sugar, oil, and eggs in mixer bowl and beat with paddle until light and lemon colored.
3. Add the vanilla and bananas and mix until just combined.
4. Scrape down bowl and add remaining ingredients. Mix until just combined.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake in oven until a toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.
6. Cool cake completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter

8 oz cream cheese

2 c. powdered sugar

2 t. vanilla

Directions

1. Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth.
2. Scrape down sides and slowly add the powdered sugar and vanilla.
3. Continue to beat until frosting is fully incorporated and smooth.