This easy Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting is soft, moist, and packed with banana flavor, then topped with a tangy cinnamon-spiced frosting. It's perfect for using overripe bananas and makes a delicious weekend bake.
If you love moist banana bread recipes, you have to try this Banana Bread with Pecans or this Banana Bread with Streusel Topping.
Why This Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe Works
- Recipe name: Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready in: 50 minutes
- Serves: 10 slices
- Main ingredients: Ripe bananas, cake flour, eggs, brown sugar, baking powder, and soda.
- Perfect for: Weekend baking, brunch, or an afternoon treat.
- Why I love it: This recipe uses 5 bananas and no other wet ingredients for a strong banana flavor.
- Calories: 532kcal
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This banana bread recipe is packed with cinnamon flavor; you'll find it in the loaf cake and in the frosting! If you love cinnamon, you have to try this Classic Milktart Recipe, these Cinnamon Cupcakes, and this Churro Cake with Dulce de Leche Frosting.
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Key Ingredients
- Brown sugar - I love the caramel flavor it gives to loaf cakes. Muscavado will also work, as will white sugar if this is all you have.
- Cake flour - Cake flour or all-purpose flour will work for this recipe. If using self-rising flour, leave out the baking powder and baking soda.
- Mashed bananas - Make sure you are using overripe bananas to ensure your loaf has a strong banana flavor. This recipe needs 3 to 5 bananas, depending on the size.
- Pecans - Use pecans or walnuts for this easy banana loaf recipe. You can also make this banana bread without nuts if you prefer.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Variations
Once you nail a delicious banana bread recipe, the variations are endless! I have so many easy banana bread recipes for you to try, like Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Peanut Butter, this Classic Banana Bread with Pecans, or this Banana Bread with Streusel Topping.
This Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect banana bread frosting recipe, but you could also try this Nutella Buttercream or this Chocolate Frosting with Melted Chocolate. I have so many Simple Buttercream Frosting Recipes for Cakes to try!
How To Make This Easy Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
How to Make Banana Bread
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line the sides and bottom of the 20x10x6cm (8x4x3 inches) loaf pan with melted butter and baking paper. Add the softened butter and the sugar to a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
- Step 2: Add the eggs, one at a time, to the batter, scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition before mixing again. Once added, add the vanilla and mix again.
- Step 3: Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a large bowl. Add the mashed bananas and the flour mixture to the batter by alternating between the two. Starting with the flour and ending with the bananas. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again to ensure everything is well combined and lump-free.
- Step 4: Add the chopped pecans to the cake batter and stir using a rubber spatula.
- Step 5: Pour the banana bread batter into the prepared loaf tin.
- Step 6: Bake in a preheated oven for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean and the loaf is golden brown. Allow the banana bread to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing it and placing it onto a wire rack to cool.
How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting for Banana Bread
- Step 1: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the butter and icing sugar. Beat at medium speed until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Step 2: Add the cubed cream cheese to the icing sugar mixture and beat at low speed until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again at high speed until light and fluffy. Do not overmix.
- Step 3: Add the vanilla and cinnamon to the cream cheese mixture, and beat again until just combined.
- Step 4: Place the banana loaf cake on a serving plate and spread the frosting over the top. Serve and enjoy!
Storage
Store any leftover banana bread in an airtight container at room temperature out of direct sunlight for about 3 days. If it is particularly hot, choose to keep this loaf cake in the fridge.
Expert Tips
- Use room temperature ingredients
- Test the oven's actual temperature with an oven thermometer.
- To avoid a lumpy cream cheese frosting, make sure the butter and cream cheese are at room temperature.
- Frost the banana loaf only once it has cooled completely.
Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting FAQs
To avoid lumps in your cream cheese frosting, ensure that the butter and cream cheese are both at room temperature.
You may have overmixed the frosting when beating it, but also make sure that the banana loaf has cooled completely before topping it with the frosting.
To freeze this banana bread, cut it into individual slices and wrap each slice in plastic wrap. Freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost the slices in the fridge overnight, then bring them to room temperature before consuming.
More Easy Baking Recipes With Bananas
This easy banana bread recipe with frosting makes the perfect weekend breakfast! Serve it alongside something savory like this Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole or these Cheese and Bacon Muffins, and you'll have a very happy house come Sunday morning.
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Please leave a star rating and comment below if you tried this recipe! And if you're wondering what to try next, have a look at these Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins!
📖 Recipe
Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
Equipment
- 1x loaf tin 20x10x6cm (8x4x3inch)
Ingredients
Banana Bread
- 125 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 2 eggs extra large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 260 g cake flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 500 g bananas mashed
- 100 g pecans chopped
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 200 g powdered sugar
- 30 g unsalted butter
- 125 g cream cheese
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon ground
Instructions
Banana Loaf
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line the sides and bottom of a loaf pan 20x10x6cm (8x4x3 inches) with melted butter and baking paper.
- Add the softened butter and the sugar to a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, to the batter, scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition before mixing again. Once added, add the vanilla and mix again.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a large bowl.
- Add the mashed bananas and the flour mixture to the batter by alternating between the two. Starting with the flour and ending with the bananas. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again briefly to ensure everything is well combined and lump-free.
- Add the chopped pecans to the cake batter and stir using a rubber spatula. Pour the banana bread batter into the prepared loaf tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean and the loaf is golden brown. Allow the banana bread to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing it from its tin and transferring it to a wire rack.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the butter and icing sugar. Beat at medium speed until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the cubed cream cheese to the icing sugar mixture and beat at low speed until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again at high speed until light and fluffy. Do not overmix.
- Add the vanilla and cinnamon to the cream cheese mixture, and beat again until just combined.
- Place the banana loaf cake on a serving plate and spread the frosting over the top. Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Notes
- For lump-free cream cheese frosting, make sure the butter and cream cheese are at room temperature.
- If the banana bread isn't yet cooked in the middle but the top is browning too quickly, you can place a sheet of tin foil over the top of the loaf to prevent it from browning further.
- Mash the bananas using a fork rather than pulsing them in a food processor. This way, you'll get chunks of banana dotted throughout the baked loaf.
Irena says
This cream cheese frosting was amazing on the banana bread, will be making this recipe again
lee says
Amazing hit with the family 🤩❣
withlovekitty2020 says
I'm so glad to hear that! 🙂