Banana Pudding Cake
 
Makes 1 (8-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup whole buttermilk, room temperature
  • 1 cup mashed banana
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 (3.4-ounce) vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 1 cup cold whole milk
  • ¼ cup cold heavy whipping cream
  • ⅔ cup ¼ inch sliced banana (about 1 medium banana)
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • Vanilla Buttercream (recipe follows)
  • Vanilla wafer crumbs
  • Garnish: mini vanilla wafers
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°. Spray 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with baking spray with flour. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together buttermilk, mashed banana, sugars, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Slowly whisk flour mixture into banana mixture until just combined. Divide batter into prepared pans.
  5. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.
  6. In a medium bowl, whisk together pudding mix, milk, and cream until thickened, about 2 minutes. In a small bowl, toss banana slices in lemon juice.
  7. Place 1 cake layer on cake plate. Place 1 cup Vanilla Buttercream in a piping bag with ½-inch opening. Pipe a tall border of icing along the top outside edge of cake layer. Place banana slices inside border in an even layer. Spread half of pudding mixture (¾ cup) on top of banana slices. Top with remaining cake layer. Pipe another border of icing on the top outside edge of cake. Spread remaining pudding mixture on top of cake inside border. Return any remaining icing in piping bag to icing bowl.
  8. Place ¾ cup icing in a piping bag fitted with Wilton 1M open star tip. Spread any remaining icing on the sides of cake. Press vanilla wafer crumbs along bottom edge of cake. Pipe rosettes on top of cake along outside edge. Garnish with mini vanilla wafers, if desired. Chill cake for 1 hour before serving.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/banana-pudding-cake/