Soft, moist and fluffy banana sheet cake topped with a silky butterscotch buttercream. The perfect treat when you want something a little more than banana bread!
Author:Catherine Zhang
Prep Time:45
Cook Time:55
Total Time:1 hour 40 minutes
Yield:8 x 8 inch cake 1x
Category:Cake
Method:Easy
Cuisine:American
Ingredients
Scale
Banana Cake
250g Milk (1 cup)
20g Lemon juice (1 tbsp1 tsp)
115g Unsalted butter, room temperature (1/2 cup)
130g Brown sugar (2/3 cup)
140g White sugar (2/3 cup)
2 Eggs
250g Plain flour (2 cups)
1 tsp Vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
2 Ripe bananas. medium, mashed
1 tsp Baking soda
Butterscotch Buttercream
100g Brown sugar (1/2 cup)
30g Thickened cream (2 tbsp)
20g Unsalted butter (I), for caramel (1 1/2 tbsp)
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
200g Unsalted butter (II), softened, for buttercream (3/4 cup2 tbsp)
Flaky salt, for finishing
Instructions
Banana Cake
Preheat oven to 160C/320F
Line a 20 x 20cm (8 x 8 inch) brownie pan with baking paper
Combine milk and lemon juice and set aside
Beat butter and sugars for 5 minutes on medium speed until pale and fluffy
Add eggs, salt, vanilla, baking soda, mix until combined
Alternate adding flour and milk, starting and ending with flour
Fold the mashed banana through the batter until combined
Pour into the lined tin
Bake for 45-55 mins, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean
Cool completely
ButterscotchÂ
Combine brown sugar, cream, butter (I) and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium-high heat
Allow sugar and butter to melt, stirring occasionally
Once dissolved allow butterscotch to boil for 3-5 minutes until thickened
Remove and cool completely
Once the butterscotch has cooled beat butter (II) until smoothÂ
Add 100g (3.5oz) butterscotch (reserving the remaining for drizzling over the finished cake) and continue to beat on high speed for 8-10 minutes, the buttercream should be light and fluffy
Reduce speed to low and beat for a further 3-4 minutes to remove any large air bubbles
Assembly
Swirl the butterscotch buttercream and remaining butterscotch over the cooled banana sheet cake