Name: Banana cake with zesty lime cream cheese frosting
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: Frosting:; 2 x 250g blocks softened and chopped cream cheese; 50g softened unsalted butter; ¾ cup icing sugar mixture; Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime; Use Quick-mix one-bowl banana cake for batter; Cook's tip: Use ripe bananas, as they have more natural sugars and robust flavour. If they’re not ripe enough, put them in a brown paper bag and leave in the warmest part of your kitchen, such as the top of the fridge.

Banana cake with zesty lime cream cheese frosting

Dress to impress this easy one-bowl wonder with colourful edible decorations and layers of frosting.

Prep

Cook

30M

Total

35M

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This quick mix one-bowl banana cake is so easy. Use the batter for a simple banana cake to create a show-stopper with colourful edible decorating and layers of frosting.

Ingredients

Frosting:

2 x 250g blocks softened and chopped cream cheese

50g softened unsalted butter

¾ cup icing sugar mixture

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime

Use Quick-mix one-bowl banana cake for batter

Cook's tip: Use ripe bananas, as they have more natural sugars and robust flavour. If they’re not ripe enough, put them in a brown paper bag and leave in the warmest part of your kitchen, such as the top of the fridge.

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease a 20cm round cake tin with cooking oil spray and line base and side with baking paper.

Make cake batter (from Step 2). Pour batter into prepared tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer. Cool in tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Set aside.

To make frosting, put cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on high, using paddle attachment, for 5 minutes or until smooth. Add icing sugar mixture and lime zest and juice, beating to combine.

Divide frosting into 3 bowls. Cut cold cake horizontally to make 3 discs. Spread each with a portion of frosting, then layer discs, iced side up. Decorate with lime slices, toasted coconut chips and edible flowers and drizzle with honey to serve.