![]() ![]() It is always a treat to see the recipes made and enjoyed. If you’ve made the recipe share it with me by tagging on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #heinstirred. I hope you enjoy this recipe for Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting. It is a soft frosting (the amount of sugar in frosting freaks me out so I try to use less sugar) so add more icing sugar for a stiffer frosting. Or, if you don’t want to sandwich the cake, make half the frosting recipe. You could slice that layer to make a sandwich layer. If you only have a 22cm cake tin, I would suggest you refer to the original Donna Hay recipe. ![]() I was given a set of AMC 16cm cake tins a while back and used them to bake a small layer cake rather than one large layer and tweaked the recipe accordingly. Don’t forget to add salt to the frosting, it does need salt with all that sugar. I think the flavour combination of banana and peanut butter is one of those perfect matches and adding the cream cheese makes for rich creamy consistency. The One Bowl Banana Cake recipe that landed in my inbox that morning is served plain without any frosting but I had some cream cheese in the fridge and decided to make a peanut butter cream cheese frosting to sandwich the two cake rounds and it’s crowning glory, topped with salted peanuts. Plus I wanted to test out the green in the photos as a background colour, which I think is a good enough reason as any to bake a cake.Īnd since I just discovered it is World Baking Day on Sunday, I decided this Banana Cake recipe would be my contribution this year. There was an email from Donna Hay one morning for a One Bowl Banana Cake and I liked the idea of turning a simple banana bread into a cake, even if it is just baking a basic banana bread recipe in a round tin. For a thicker consistency add more powdered sugar, for a thinner consistency add more heavy cream/milk.I baked this Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting when Instagram was awash with lockdown banana bread baking. * Adjust the consistency of frosting to your preference. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool on the counter-top for 30 minutes. * I used salted butter in this recipe, I like the flavor of salted butter in my frosting but you can use unsalted butter in place and then add 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the frosting additionally. Cook on low heat in a small saucepan until boiling, stirring constantly. It makes the frosting super rich and creamy. * You can replace heavy cream with milk but I prefer using heavy cream. Top and decorate fruit pizza: Spread frosting over crust and top with fruit. I used it on a chocolate cake but it would also taste great on peanut butter cakes, banana cakes or just about any other cake or cupcakes! For the cream cheese frosting and toppings: Blend icing ingredients in a mixing bowl: In a mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), whip cream cheese, 6 Tbsp granulated sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the orange juice, if using, then the icing sugar. The peanut butter cream cheese frosting is creamy, smooth and delicious. 200g full fat cream cheese Method STEP 1 Beat the softened butter to a soft and even consistency. ![]() The recent addition to this list is this rich and creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting which I used to frost a chocolate cake! They just go so well together that I cannot resist the temptation of combining them whenever and wherever possible. Please read our disclosure policy.Ĭhocolate and peanut butter are my two absolute favorite flavors and I have combined them countless number of times like recently in my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola. ![]()
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