Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing
I love this marvelous Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing! In fact, it is really one of my favorites. But then, next to homemade pies, cakes are my favorite dessert. That’s because I love icing. This lovely banana cake starts with a boxed yellow cake mix. My favorite ones to use are the butter recipe cake mixes. They seem to have more flavor than regular yellow or white cake mixes.
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This recipe also uses either vanilla or banana cream pudding and pie filling mix. I used the banana cream to amp up the banana flavors in this luscious cake. But I’ve used vanilla pudding mix, too, with great success. It’s really the icing that sets this cake apart. You bring butter, brown sugar and milk to a boil, add powdered sugar and vanilla and pour it over top of the cake. It’s thick like caramel and sets after it cools. Seriously, the icing is to die for.
I’m a sweet tooth girl from way back. My mom never served a lunch or dinner meal without dessert of some kind (not fruit!). I was as skinny as a rail growing up (from so much exercise and playing outside). It certainly wasn’t because I had a particularly good diet. No, we ate dessert a lot in our house. 🙂
The lunches my mom made us every day for school (for years) consisted mostly of Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, homemade cookies and Fritos or potato chips. Ugh. Breakfast for YEARS was Cocoa Puffs! I’m not kidding. This was back in the days when there was not access to fresh or even frozen foods like they are available today. It is a miracle I’m still alive! But after moving away from home I started eating more sensibly–for the most part.
That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy delicious desserts every now and then. Back in the early 2000s when I was working at Dallas Baptist University, our department was making a large lunch celebration one day, and this fabulous cake was on the menu.
Jennifer Craig made it along with her Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe. Both of the recipes went over big for all the people who participated in that special meal. The cake recipe was so popular she brought a copy of the recipe, made photocopies and started handing out the recipe to everyone. It was that good, and that highly requested!
I served Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing to a houseful of company a week ago. One of the teenagers loved it so much, he wanted to take some home with him! Fortunately, he got several slices because we served three different desserts that day. I usually serve this sensational cake with ice cream, although you can add more caramel sauce if you desire. For that matter, it can be served plain with nothing else and you will love it!
This is a fabulous cake for birthdays, special occasions, and company. Give Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing a try some time soon. You will get rave reviews from all those who eat this. You’ll also get many requests for the recipe, just like Jennifer did about 12 years ago.
Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing is one of the best cakes you will ever eat. The caramel icing is to die for!
While you can add additional caramel sauce to serve this cake, we usually serve it plain or with ice cream.
This fabulous dessert starts with the convenience of a boxed cake mix!
Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing will cure any sweet tooth craving you have!
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients for the cake.
Place all the ingredients in a bowl.
Mix with an electric mixer until smooth.
Spray a 9×13″ glass baking dish with cooking spray. Pour cake batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
These are the ingredients you will need for the Caramel Icing.
Once the cake comes out of the oven, prepare icing: Place butter, milk and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.Whisk until butter dissolves.
Bring mixture to a boil and boil for 2 minutes AFTER the mixture starts boiling. Remove from heat.
Add vanilla and powdered sugar and whisk until all the lumps are gone.
Pour the caramel icing over top of the cake. Do your best to pour it evenly so it spreads and covers the entire surface of the cake. This can be difficult to do with a knife so I just pour it from the saucepan. Pour icing in thin layers so that the top of the cake is well covered. If necessary, use a knife to spread icing over the cake. The icing hardens quickly so you will have to work fast! Allow icing to set before serving.
The sweet, rich Caramel Icing makes this cake decadent and spectacular!
Every bite of Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing will have you drooling. Oh, my!
If you want a double dose of caramel, add caramel sauce over the top of the cake before serving.
This is a terrific cake for company, holidays or just because…. 🙂
Here’s the recipe.
BANANA SHEET CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING
(Recipe adapted from Jennifer Craig, when we worked together at Dallas Baptist University)
Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing
Equipment
- 1 9x13" glass baking dish
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 medium sauce pan
- 1 electric mixer
- 2 wooden spoons
- 1 whisk
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 plate
- 1 fork
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 1 box butter recipe yellow cake mix
- 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding I used Banana Cream pudding
- 1 cup mashed bananas about 2 large bananas
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup canola oil or use avocado oil or coconut oil
CARAMEL ICING:
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup)
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
CAKE:
- Mash bananas on a plate with a fork; set aside.
- Combine all items in large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Bake in greased 9x13” pan at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center tests done.
- Cool slightly before adding icing.
CARAMEL ICING:
- Combine brown sugar, milk and butter in a saucepan over medium heat whisking until all the butter has dissolved.
- Cook brown sugar, milk and butter for 2 minutes (from the time it begins to bubble).
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- Pour caramel icing over top of cake.
Notes
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Nutrition
- 1 box [url href=”http://www.duncanhines.com/” target=”_blank” title=”duncan hines”]Duncan Hines[/url] butter recipe yellow cake mix
- 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding (I used Banana Cream pudding)
- 1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 large bananas)
- 4 large eggs
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ cup canola oil
- Combine all items in large mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
- Bake in greased 9×13” pan at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center tests done.
- Cool slightly before adding icing.
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 stick butter
- 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Combine brown sugar milk and butter in a saucepan over medium heat whisking until all the butter has dissolved.
- Cook brown sugar, milk and butter for 2 minutes (from the time it begins to bubble).
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- Pour caramel icing over top of cake.
If you enjoy caramel, you’ll love this cake.
Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing rocks!
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Banana Sheet Cake with Caramel Icing
Equipment
- 1 9×13" glass baking dish
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 medium sauce pan
- 1 electric mixer
- 2 wooden spoons
- 1 whisk
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 plate
- 1 fork
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 1 box butter recipe yellow cake mix
- 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding I used Banana Cream pudding
- 1 cup mashed bananas about 2 large bananas
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup canola oil or use avocado oil or coconut oil
CARAMEL ICING:
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup)
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
CAKE:
- Mash bananas on a plate with a fork; set aside.
- Combine all items in large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Bake in greased 9×13” pan at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center tests done.
- Cool slightly before adding icing.
CARAMEL ICING:
- Combine brown sugar, milk and butter in a saucepan over medium heat whisking until all the butter has dissolved.
- Cook brown sugar, milk and butter for 2 minutes (from the time it begins to bubble).
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- Pour caramel icing over top of cake.
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Terri
March 25, 2014 at 6:22 pm
This looks absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Teresa
March 25, 2014 at 7:09 pm
Terri, it is SOOOOO scrumptious. I hope you make it sometime because your family will love it!