Frosted Banana Bars
These Frosted Banana Bars feature a tender, delicious banana cake topped with brown sugar cream cheese frosting. They're delicious!
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
For the Banana Bars
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- {optional} ½ cup chopped pecans
For the Frosting
- 8 oz. cream cheese room temperature
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- {optional} ½ cup chopped pecans lightly toasted
Instructions
For the Banana Bars
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 9”x13” cake pan with nonstick cooking spray; set pan aside.
- Using a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (~2-3 minutes on medium speed.)
- Add eggs, bananas and vanilla extract; stir until just combined.
- Using a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add half of dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients; stir until well combined. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients.
- {Optional} Add chopped pecans; stir until well combined.
- Transfer batter into prepared cake pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly into the pan.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out mostly clean.
- Place pan on a wire rack and let cool.
For the Frosting
- Using a stand mixer, cream together the cream cheese and butter until well combined.
- Add the brown sugar, vanilla extract and cinnamon; beat until smooth.
- Add the confectioner’s sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
- Increase speed to high and beat for 1-2 minutes.
- Frost cooled banana bars and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 140mg | Potassium: 200mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 644IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg
