Crazy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

This recipe came up on facebook  and I had to try it out. Just like to give a shout out to http://happyhooligans.ca/ where this recipe originally appeared.

I don't know about you but in our family we believe that Cream Cheese Icing just makes everything taste better so of course when I saw Crazy, Banana and Cream Cheese Icing I had to try this.

Crazy Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Cake

1 1/2 cups very ripe bananas (approx. 3 -4 bananas)
2 tsp. lemon juice
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup soft butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (add 1 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar to milk let sit for a bit if you don't have buttermilk)

Icing
1/2 cup softened butter
8 oz cream cheese. room temp 
1 tsp vanilla
3.5 cups icing sugar

Preheat oven to 275 F. (this is not a mistake 275 F)
Prepare 9 x 13 cake pan (spray or grease and flour)

• Mash bananas up with lemon juice and set aside
• In another bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt. (I use a whisk to lighten up and thoroughly mix)
• If you don't have buttermilk, combine regular milk with lemon juice or vinegar and set aside to thicken up.
• In a large bowl cream softened butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs one at a time, making sure they are well blended.
• Stir in vanilla (don't cheap out on vanilla...I like pure extract)
• Add in flour alternating with buttermilk.
• Stir in banana mix.
• Pour into cake pan and bake 1 hour and 10 mins (or until knife comes out clean) Check every 10 minutes until knife comes out clean.

Now the crazy part

• Immediately place in freezer for 45 minutes ( I placed it on a small cookie sheet and then in my big freezer or a tea towel underneath as I worried about the heat of the pan on glass shelf etc)
• Remove from freezer and let cool completely before icing

Cream Cheese Icing

• Cream butter and cream cheese.
• Beat in vanilla and icing sugar on low until combined remembering to scrape down sides occasionally, then on high until smooth.
• Frost cake and keep refrigerated until ready to eat.

Enjoy!