The Best Banana Bundt Cake Recipe! This moist banana cake recipe is delicious and easy to make in a bundt pan! Easy and yummy!
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This delicious Banana Cake has all the flavors you love about banana bread in a bundt cake that has a golden brown outside with a soft, fluffy inside!
Your house will be filled with heavenly aromas of banana with a hint of warm vanilla.
A must make recipe the next time you find yourself with speckled bananas and it is absolutely perfect for any holiday or gathering!
If you love banana baked goods, try our Banana Drop Cookies that taste like banana bread in a cookie!
You'll Love this Recipe for Banana Cake
- Delicious: Some of the best recipes are simple and still have a ton of flavor. This recipe has the taste of delicious, moist banana bread in a bundt cake!
- Easy to make: Don't toss those overly ripe bananas, this easy banana bundt cake recipe is perfect for using them up with a few other pantry staples
- A fun twist on banana bread: If you love banana bread, then this cake is going to be a real treat!
Banana Bundt Cake Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to make this cake:
- all purpose flour
- baking powder, baking soda
- granulated sugar
- salt
- shortening or butter
- milk
- mashed bananas
- eggs
- vanilla extract
You'll also need a bundt pan! Here are some of our favorite bundt cake pans:
- nonstick bundt pan- highly recommend this one! It's affordable and works great.
- fancier bundt pan
- fleur de lis bundt pan
We do not recommend silicone bundt pans!
How To Make Banana Cake
- In a bowl combine dry ingredients. Add shortening and mix. Add ¼ cup milk and mashed bananas. Mix for 2 minutes at low speed. Add eggs, vanilla and remaining milk. Mix on medium speed for 1 minute.
- Pour into a greased floured pan.
- Bake at 350° for 40 minutes.
Banana Cake Recipe Substitutions
Butter: Butter is essential to this recipe. We haven't tried it with dairy free butter but it might work!
Sugar: We don't recommend substituting white sugar unless you have to, but White sugar can be used interchangeably with brown sugar. You can add 1 teaspoon of molasses to white sugar to make brown sugar. Check out this post on Sugar Substitutes for Baking for other ideas.
All Purpose Flour: We don't recommend substituting the flour, but you can check out this article on Cake Flour vs. All-Purpose Flour or Substitutions for All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder: Baking powder is essential for this recipe. Do NOT substitute with baking soda.
Baking Soda: Baking soda is essential for this recipe. Do not substitute with baking powder.
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on Egg Substitutions for Baking if you need to substitute. Try it at your own risk!
Milk: You can substitute milk with half and half, low fat milk or non dairy milk.
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting.
How To Store this Moist Banana Cake Recipe
Serving: I like to serve this banana cake with powdered sugar on top!
Storing: You can store this banana cake for up to 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature or up to a week in the refrigerator.
Freezing: You can freeze this recipe for up to 3 months. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and then store in a freezer ziplog bag or wrap in aluminum foil to prevent freezer burn. Thaw before enjoying.
Banana Bundt Cake Recipe FAQ
As long as they aren't moldy, you can use them! The riper they are, the sweeter your banana cake will be. For another delicious banana recipe, try our Bananas Foster.
If you don't get the right ratio of wet and dry ingredients, you will have a more dry cake.
At room temperature, it will last 4 days. In the fridge, it will last a week. In the freezer, it will last up to 3 months.
Be careful adding ingredients because it could affect the moisture in your cake, but some good flavor additions would be peanut butter, chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, or coconut flakes.
Other bundt cake recipes:
- Raspberry Lemon Bundt Cake
- Vanilla Almond Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Lemon Bundt Cake
- Easy Strawberry Chocolate Bundt Cake
The Best Banana Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup shortening or butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup mashed bananas about 2 bananas
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.
- Add shortening to the dry ingredients and mix.
- Add ¼ cup milk and mashed bananas. Mix for 2 minutes at low speed
- Add eggs, vanilla and remaining milk. Mix on medium speed for 1 minute
- Pour into a greased floured pan.
- Bake at 350 for 40 minutes
Audrey
YUM,YUM, YUMBA...DELICIOUS. I made this cake and I added 1/4 tsp of cinnamon and nutmeg. It was a cake to make anytime and everyone will love it.