Banana Black Walnut Cake

Emma Whitley
Emma fearlessly explores bold flavors and perfects her baking craft, sharing her delicious experiments with joy.
Published: 1/13/2020

A heavenly sweet banana cake, studded with black walnuts and finished with a chocolate glaze.

Serves: 12 Save

Ingredients (14)

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ripe banana, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped black walnuts
  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 8 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoon milk or water
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Generously butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
  2. To prepare cake, combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Combine butter and sugar; beat with an electric mixer about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in banana and vanilla. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
  4. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Let cool completely.
  5. To prepare glaze, whisk together powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Slowly stir in milk and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Add a bit more milk to thin glaze, if needed. Spread over cake. Serves 12.

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