Banana sheet cake with peanut butter fudge frosting

• Produce

  • 1 cup Banana, Ripe

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 85 g Peanut butter
  • 6 Peanut butter cups

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 100 g Brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 330 g (icing sugar, powdered
  • 300 g Plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 225 g Sugar
  • 3 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

• Dairy

  • 85 g Butter
  • 4 tbsp Milk

• Other

  • 175ml / 6 fl. ounces (¾ cup buttermilk or sour milk (see note below
  • 170 g Rams / 6 ounces (a stick and a half butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 170 grams / 6 ounces (a stick and a half) butter
• 225 grams / 8 ounces (1 cup) sugar
• 100 grams / 3.5 ounces (½ cup) brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (2-3 bananas, depending on size)
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla essence
• 175ml / 6 fl. ounces (¾ cup) buttermilk or sour milk (see note below)
• 300 grams / 10.5 ounces (2½ cups) plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 85 grams / 3 ounces (¾ stick) butter
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 85 grams / 3 ounces ( ⅓ cup) peanut butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 330 grams / 11.5 ounces (2½ cups) powdered / icing sugar
• 6 peanut butter cups, chopped into pieces (optional)

Directions

• Lightly butter a 9 x 13 inch cake pan / baking dish and preheat the oven to 175C / 350F (170C / 340F fan oven).
• In a food mixer or food processor (or in a bowl with a hand-held electric whisk), soften the butter (about a minute), then add the sugars and cream together until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• With the motor / whisk running, add the eggs one by one until combined, then whisk in the mashed banana, vanilla, and milk.
• In a separate bowl, sift the flour together with the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients (pour wet mixture into a bowl if you’ve used a food processor), mixing until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the cake pan / baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out pretty clean. Leave to cool in the pan.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting. Combine the butter, milk, peanut butter and vanilla in a saucepan and heat and stir until melted together.
• Slowly add the powdered / icing sugar until you have a smooth and thick frosting. Pour over the cake and spread evenly.
• Sprinkle over the chopped peanut butter cups (if using). Pop the whole pan in the fridge or freezer for a short while to set the frosting a bit, then slice and serve.

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