Use leftover overripe bananas to make a delicious banana cake with a vanilla glaze on top for a perfect dessert!
Bananas are a favorite food in our house. Every single time we go grocery shopping we have to get a bunch of bananas because we go through them so quickly. But, sometimes, we don’t get a chance to eat them before the bananas go bad. When that happens, we make one of our favorite banana foods! We have quite a few banana recipes, so it was time to make a banana cake.
Most of the time, we bake some banana bread or banana bread bars. But, since it’s almost Ryan’s birthday, and as an homage to his Banana-Themed Birthday Party last year, we decided to make a cake with banana flavor. I made an elegant banana cake for his birthday, but this is a simpler easy banana cake recipe to have at home.
The base of the cake was good but needed something more. That’s when we decided that a bit of vanilla glaze would top it off perfectly. The boys try to convince us this is breakfast because of the bananas, but I tell them it’s dessert because it’s a cake. But, I won’t lie, I may have eaten a slice or two for breakfast when they weren’t home!
Banana cake is really simple to make and doesn’t take very long. But, because of the icing, it’s best kept in the refrigerator. We usually eat the cake cold and it tastes just fine that way.
Serving Suggestions & Tips
- Garnish your banana cake with confectioners sugar, banana slices, or additional flavors that you added to the cake.
- Use a large mixing bowl or make the cake in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment.
- If you prefer, you can mix the dry ingredients together and then add the wet ingredients for a smoother cake batter.
- For a more creamy cake, replace the milk with sour cream or Greek yogurt.
- You can add the glaze while the cake is in the pan or move the cake to a wire rack before glazing.
- If you don’t have Bisquick, make a homemade flour mixture with all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and butter according to this recipe.
- Mix in additional flavors such as chocolate chips, walnuts, maple syrup, coconut flakes, or pineapple tidbits.
- While I made this in a round cake pan, you could use the same batter in a loaf pan, a bundt cake form, or a square baking dish.
Banana Cake Step by Step
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups Bisquick
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 bananas (mashed)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Glaze:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350F and spray a round 8- or 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray.
Add the Bisquick, sugar, cinnamon, mashed bananas, milk, and vanilla extract to a large bowl. Use a stand mixer or electric mixer on medium speed to combine everything into a batter thoroughly.
Pour batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. I like to use French Vanilla Coffee Creamer, but you don’t have to buy it if you don’t have any. You can also use the same amount of milk plus 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. Use a whisk to combine the liquid with the powdered sugar.
Once the cake has cooled, drizzle the glaze on top of the cake.
Remove from the pan and slice to serve.
Banana Cake with Glaze Leftovers
Storage: Let the cake cool to room temperature. Place the cooled cake in an airtight container and keep it on the counter for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Don’t cover it with plastic wrap as it will stick to the glaze.
Recipe
Originally Published On: March 18, 2019
Last Updated On: December 4, 2024
Banana Cake with Vanilla Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bisquick
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 bananas (mashed)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F
- Spray a round cake pan with non-stick spray
- In a medium bowl combine all of the cake ingredients until thoroughly mixed
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until cake is cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients together
- Once the cake has cooled, remove it from the cake pan
- Drizzle the glaze over the cake and serve
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
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Your food always looks so yummy! I’ll be adding this to my list of must try’s.
It’s a great way to use up some bananas that are starting to go bad!
This cake looks so good – I love bananas! And what a great way to use up over-ripe bananas which, let’s face it, no one is going to eat!
It’s perfect! The bananas have so much more flavor for baking when they are over-ripe, but as you said, no one will eat them plain like that.
I’m always looking for new recipes to use up bananas before they get too ripe. This one will definitely be added to the rotation. Love the glaze recipe you have here.
We have quite a few banana recipes because we often have bananas that are getting too ripe but my boys have one every morning, so we have to keep bananas in the house.
Oh my does this look delicious! I love all your recipes so far but I’m much more interested in baking. I’d rather bake than cook a meal.
I love baking too! I just don’t do it as often since we don’t need all the desserts in the house!
I must show that post to my daughter Yanah, she loves banana bread. She will definitely want to make this for our tea party on Saturday.
Stephanie, I am making this banana cake for my younger daughter this Sunday when she comes back from NJ. She loves banana bread which I was going to make for her. That banana cake will be the perfect welcome treat for my baby girl.
What an awesome idea! If she likes banana bread then this cake is perfect.
This banana cake looks so yummy. I have never tried a banana cake with cinnamon so I am going to try out your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
We love cinnamon here. It goes in a lot of my baking that doesn’t typically call for it. I also put it in my banana bread!
Mouthwatering! I swear I have been looking for a great banana bread recipe especially since my twins love bananas. I also like the idea of using the ones that turn and put some cinnamon in since I have never tried! Thank you!
We make banana bread at least once a month at our house! My boys love it, and this cake is similar but still different enough that we don’t feel like we are having the same thing all the time.
That glaze. I would probably just eat it straight… With a spoon. Or with my hand. LOL!
Umm…. I have eaten with a spoon, anytime I make this glaze or similar 🙂
Ooh, this sounds delicious… we all love bananas so this would be a real winner in our house!
Bananas are a must every time we go shopping for the same reason!
Oh perfect…I have some bananas that were starting to be a bit too ripe for my kids to eat them. I wasn’t really feeling like banana bread either so banana cake is the perfect idea!!
We have some ready, too. I may be making this again because we’ve also had a lot of banana bread recently.
This sounds like a wonderful cake! I love the homemade glaze! I want to make this for my coworkers (I love baking and love making food for coworkers).
I used to love cooking and baking for my coworkers too when I worked a full-time job. Now I make them as treats for friends and neighbors and my kids teachers.
I’ve been keto for 3 months (trying it out for health reasons) and one thing I really miss is my bananas! I used to love banana smoothies and banana bread, This cake looks delicious!
We would have a really hard time here not eating bananas, it’s a staple in our house!
Ohhhhh my goodness this looks DELICIOUS Stephanie! My girls and I would SO enjoy making this while we’re stuck at home!!!
We have a few bananas that are too ripe for eating and may end up making this again soon for the same reason!
Wow – No eggs?! No oil?! No melted butter?! Am I reading this recipe correctly?? I hope so because I have it in the oven now and it smells delicious, but I am just realizing I whipped up a cake without the usual suspects lol!
You are reading it correctly! The bananas help with all of that 🙂