Banana Bundt Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Ganache
 
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Delectable and delicious this pretty cake will surprise you with its fantastic flavor combination!
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Recipe type: Bundt Cake
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • For the Cake:
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • 2⅛ cup sugar
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1½ cup buttermilk, (i use sour milk* or ½ plain yogurt half milk if I don't have buttermilk)
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups smashed very ripe bananas, I use 3 or 4 bananas
  • For the Frosting:
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 2-3 tbsp milk, heavy whipping cream or evaporated milk
  • For the Ganache:
  • ⅓ cup of heavy cream
  • ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, room temperature
Instructions
  1. For the Cake:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  3. Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside...or spray it with cooking spray paying close attention to the nooks and crannies.
  4. Smash the bananas and mix in the 2 tsp of lemon juice and set aside
  5. Using a hand mixer or your stand mixer combine, butter, oil and sugar and mix thoroughly
  6. Add eggs one at a time and mix just until combined
  7. Add vanilla, salt, and buttermilk. Mix well, scrape edges and bottom of bowl to make sure everything is well combined
  8. Add baking soda and flour mix gently and then add bananas and mix gently again.
  9. Pour the cake batter evenly into the greased and floured bundt pan (do not fill bundt pan more than ⅔ full) and bake in the 350-degree oven for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Immediately after removing cake from oven. Put cake (still in the pan) into your freezer and freeze for 45-60 minutes.
  11. Remove cake from freezer. Let the cake sit for 10-15 minutes and then turn it over onto a cake stand or large plate. Once you make the frosting you are ready to frost cake with the Peanut Butter Frosting and then drizzle with the chocolate ganache.
  12. Directions for Frosting:
  13. Use your hand mixer to cream together the softened butter, peanut butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, dash of salt and 2 tbsp of milk or cream. Add more milk or cream as needed until you reach the desired consistency.
  14. Place evenly spaced spoonfuls of the frosting along the top of the cake. Use the back of a spoon to connect them and start smoothing the frosting down the sides of the cake. Once the cake is covered, prepare the chocolate ganache.
  15. Directions for the Ganache:
  16. Heat ⅓ cup of heavy whipping cream in a glass bowl in your microwave for 45-60 seconds or until it is hot. Put ⅓ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips in another glass bowl.
  17. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips and let it sit for 2-3 minutes. Stir vigorously until the chocolate and cream combine to make a smooth ganache. Drizzle the ganache over the frosted cake.
  18. Beautiful! Your cake is done. Cake can be stored at room temperature.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/banana-bundt-cake-with-peanut-butter-frosting-and-chocolate-ganache/