Banana Bread With Cream Cheese Frosting
When you have bananas that are too ripe for eating out of hand, give them a second chance in banana bread with a cream cheese frosting.
Calories per serving: 454kcal
Ingredients
Banana Bread
- ½ cup (113.5 g) butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) sugar
- 1 cup (225 g) mashed banana
- 2 (2) eggs yolks
- 2 cups (250 g) *flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons (1.97 teaspoons) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (0.49 teaspoon) salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 (2) egg whites
Frosting
- ¼ cup (56.75 g) butter, softened
- ¾ (¾) package cream cheese
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoons (1.97 teaspoons) lemon juice
Instructions
Banana Bread
- Mise en Place
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the two egg yolks and beat.
- Add the banana, and beat.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to the mixture to the batter slowly while beating on low-speed.
- When all the flour has been added, increase the speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes. Add the lemon juice and beat for one more minute.
- Beat the egg whites with an egg beater in a separate bowl until they form medium peaks.
- Fold the whites into the mixture and stir lightly until no white marks remain.
- Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in the loaf pan.
- When the cake is cool, remove it from the pan for frosting.
Frosting
- Mise en place
- In a clean stand mixer bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese together.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar.
- Continue beating, and add the lemon juice.
- If the mixture is too thin, add more powdered sugar, if it's too thick, add more milk.
- Frost the cooled loaf on the top and sides,
Notes
You can add nuts if you want, or omit the frosting if desired.
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