Sour Cream Banana Sheet Cake with Nutella Fudge Frosting

Howdy, folks! I’m excited to be posting from a home stuffed full of healthy people this evening! There were all kinds of germs running willy-nilly around here last week, so things have been just a little bit, well, blech. But now we are all better, and to celebrate, I decided to bake up this little beauty and share it with you all….

I had some very ripe bananas hanging out in my freezer (left over from last week’s masterpiece) and a full jar of Nutella in the pantry, and they were just dying to get together. How could I say no?

Now let’s get down to business. First, the cake. I found this recipe for Sour Cream Banana Sheet Cake at Fantastic Family Favorites and followed her directions to make the cake from scratch. She used a yummy cream cheese frosting to top her cake; hop on over there for her frosting recipe, or stick with me if you are feeling like walking on the chocolate side 😉

At this point, my house smelled heavenly, but my cake was shamefully naked. So I did what any good Samaritan would do; I mixed 1/2 cup Nutella with 1 cup sweetened condensed milk (frosting idea from Picky Palate) and poured it on top of the warm cake.

Mmmmmm.

Then I spread it around with a spatula, waited about 10 seconds 20 minutes, and cut myself a piece.

Deeeeeeviiiiiinnnne.

I mean, really, really tasty. The only thing I will do differently next time is cook it a few minutes less, but that’s because my oven runs a little hot, and not because the recipe is lacking.

I mean, I can’t be perfect all the time, can I?

Until next time,

Twodaloo!

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• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups mashed banana

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13in x 18in baking sheet with cooking spray.

2. Cream butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.

3. Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. In another bowl combine sour cream and milk.

4. Add dry ingredients to butter and sugar mixture alternately with sour cream and milk. Begin and end with dry mixture.

5. Add mashed banana mixing until just blended. Spread on to prepared baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes.

Nutella Fudge Frosting

• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup Nutella

Place Nutella and condensed milk in microwave safe dish; heat for 30 seconds or until smooth when stirred. Drizzle over warm cake, spreading evenly over cake with spatula. Let sit for 20 minutes and then cut cake into squares.

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