Banana Cake with Citrus Cream Cheese Filling

Ingredients:

Cake:

4 very ripe bananas
3 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sugar
2 tsps. Vanilla
1½ cups milk

Filling:

8 oz. package cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Preheat Oven 350.In a large bowl place bananas and beat with an electric mixer, add the butter and eggs and continue to beat until smooth.

In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and sugar and mix.
Combine the banana mixture with the dry ingredients and mix. Add the milk and vanilla and continue to mix.

Divide the batter between two equal size pans and bake for 30 – 35 minutes, depending on the size of the pan, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and prepare the filling.

For the filling combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice.
Mix in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.

When the cake is cool carefully remove from the baking dish and spread the filling on one cake and top with the other cake. Dust the top of the cake with powdered sugar.

This cake is a great way to use up your ripe bananas and is delicious too!

Enjoy with Lots of Love,

Catherine