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Banana Cake Made with Cake Mix Recipe

This easy banana cake made with cake mix has ripe fruit inside the batter and slices on the top with a pudding frosting for dessert.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, cake, cake mix, pudding
Servings: 12
Author: Justine

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix PLUS ingredients required on back of the box to make batter, banana is best or yellow
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 large bananas ripe and mashed

Banana Pudding Frosting

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 box instant pudding banana cream, 3.4 oz.

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl add the box of dry cake mix with the baking soda + add the required ingredients listed on the back of the box to make the batter.
  • Fold in the cinnamon and mashed bananas, pour this batter into a 9 x 13 baking pan lightly sprayed with non stick spray. Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached. (do not over-bake, you want it moist) Set on a cooling rack.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the pudding mix, heavy cream and powdered sugar until fluffy. Spread the frosting over the cake, then top with additional banana slices and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.

Nutrition

Serving: 2oz | Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 416mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 305IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1mg