Join us!  Sign in   

Banana Cake with White Chocolate Frosting and Chocolate Ganache

Recipes »  Desserts  »  Cakes

This cake is the ultimate banana layer cake!

Yield: 16 Servings Ready in 4 hours, 30 minutes

Cuisine: FrenchMain Ingredient: Banana

(5, 0) (reviews)

Favorite 8 people favorited
Try Soon4 people trying soon

Add a photo of this recipe...
(You could win $100 in our photo contest!)
  Let BigOven make a grocery list for you.  Join us today - it's free.

Verified by stevemur

Servings          
Original recipe makes 16 Servings
4 Bananas; sliced, ripe
-- CAKE --
3/4 cupButter; softened
1 cupSugar
1 1/2 teaspoonsVanilla
1/2 cupSour cream
3 cupsCake flour; sifted
1 1/2 teaspoonsBaking soda
4 ouncesSemisweet chocolate; chopped or small chips
1 1/2 cupsBananas; mashed
-- White Chocolate Frosting --
3 cupsWhipping cream
10 ouncesWhite chocolate; chopped
1 teaspoonVanilla
-- Dark Chocolate Ganache --
1/2 cupWhipping cream
4 ouncesSemisweet chocolate; chopped or small chips

Banana Cake with White Chocolate Frosting and Chocolate Ganache Preparation

Preheat overn to 350?

Cake:

In bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Beat in sour cream. Combine flour, baking soda and chocolate; add in 3 additions to creamed mixture alternately with 2 additions of bananas, mixing just until flour is incorporated. Spoon into 2 greased 8 1/2 in springform pan, smooth tops. Bake in oven for 35-40 miuntes or until tops spring back when touched. Let cool on rack for 20 minutes. Remove sides of pans; let cool completely.

White Chocolate Frosting:

In a saucepan, briong 1 1/2 cups cream to boil; pour over white chcolate in bowl, whisking until melted. Add vanilla. Refrigerate until chilled, 1 hour, whisking often. On medium speed, beat chocolate mixture just unil ridges hold shape. Beat remaining 1 1/2 cup cream until soft peaks form; gently fold into chocolate mixture.

Assembly:

With a serated knife, slice cakes in half horizontally. Place a top layer, cut side up, on a plate. Spread top with 3/4 cup icing, cover with a single layer of bananas, leaving 1/2 in border. Cover with 1 bottom layer, cut side down; reapeat with icing and bananas. Repeat with remaining top layer, cut side up, and some of the icing and bananas. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Using palette knife, cover cake smoothly with remaining icing. Refrigerate until firm about 1 1/2 hours.

Ganache:

Meanwhile, bring cream to boil, pour over chocolate in small bowl, whisking until melted. Let cool for 20 minutes or until room temp and still pourable. Pour over the center of the cake, spreading to edge with clean palette knife, if necessary, and letting some flow down sides. Refigerate until firm about 40 minutes or up to 1 day. To serve, drizzle melted chocolate with fork over remaining bananas; let sit. Arrange on top of cake.

Notes

use fragrant ripe bananas

Link to another BigOven recipe

Add a link to another recipe! What would you serve with this?

Calories Per Serving: 920
Want detailed nutrition information, including line-by-line nutrition insights?  Try BigOven Pro for Free for 14 days!
Ads keep BigOven free. Remove ads with BigOven Pro
Date My private notes
Add notes with BigOven Pro!
Ads keep BigOven free. Remove ads anywhere you log in with BigOven Pro

There are no reviews yet for Banana Cake with White Chocolate Frosting and Chocolate Ganache. Be the first to review it!

Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]

Tags

  1. Kid Friendly
  2. Winter
  3. Valentines Day
  4. Fall
  5. Easter
  6. Christmas
  7. Bake
  8. Advance
  9. Desserts
  10. Brunch

Blogger? Grab a link to this recipe


Link type:     

Want a link to this recipe? Just copy the text below and paste it into your blog:


here's how it will appear in your blog:

×

Share
Recipe added by



Hi there! Please sign in first.

BigOven needs to know who you are in order to keep your recipes, grocery list and menu plan, and sync it with your smartphone or tablet.

Not yet a BigOven member? Join us, save time and money!

×

Ready? Let's get cooking.