Icebox Banana Cake With Chocolate Cream

Icebox Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream
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1 Review
This cake tastes great from the refrigerator or it freezes beautifully for a chilled treat.
60 min
Prep Time
3:50
Total Time
12 servings

Ingredients

Cake

1 cup
sugar
2/3 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
2 teaspoons
vanilla
2
large Land O Lakes® Eggs
2 medium (1 cup)
ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup
sour cream
1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon
baking soda

Chocolate Cream

1 1/2 cups
Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream
3 tablespoons
powdered sugar
1 teaspoon
vanilla
1/2 cup
semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Garnish

2
bananas
2 tablespoons
chopped pecans

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two (9-inch) round cake pans; set aside.
  2. Combine sugar, butter and 2 teaspoons vanilla in bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Stir in 1 cup mashed bananas and sour cream. Gently stir in flour and baking soda.
  3. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.
  4. Place whipping cream into bowl; beat at high speed, scraping bowl often, until soft peaks form. Continue beating, gradually adding powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla, until stiff peaks form. Add melted chocolate. Continue beating until well mixed. (Do not overbeat.)
  5. Place 1 cake layer onto serving plate; spread with half of chocolate cream. Slice 1banana; lay banana slices on top of chocolate cream. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top of cake with remaining chocolate cream. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
  6. Slice remaining banana just before serving. Arrange banana slices around outside edge of cake. Sprinkle pecans in center of cake. Store refrigerated.

Recipe Tips

This cake can also be baked in two (8-inch) round cake pans. Bake 25-30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (1 serving)

Calories
420
Cholesterol
110mg
Carbohydrates
45g
Protein
4g
Fat
26g
Sodium
220mg
Dietary Fiber
1g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

I HAVE MADE THIS A FEW TIME'S. WHEN I WAS WORKING,(retired now) I WOULD BRING IT OR THE LEFTOVER'S TO WORK. EVERYONE LOVED IT. I WOULD EVEN RECOMEND AS A GOOD PARTY CAKE. I DON'T USUALLY LIKE COLD CAKE BUT THIS IS VERY GOOD.

Posted October 29, 2008 by Joanne

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