Banana White Chocolate with Cream Cheese Frosting

In one cake combining two of my most favourite thing in this world. White chocolate and banana. A perfect match :)

INGREDIENTS :

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, thawed
• 2/3 cup of sugar
• 2 large eggs
• A dash of vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups of pastry flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of mashed bananas
• 2 cups of white chocolate (chopped) and extra for garnish

For cream cheese frosting :

• 1 kg of cream cheese, thawed
• 6 tablespoon of unsalted butter, thawed
• 1/2 cup of icing sugar
• 4 tablespoons of sour cream / lemon juice

METHODS :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit ( 176.7 degrees Celcius )
2. Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans
3. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
4. Beat in eggs and vanilla
5. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt
6. Add to creamed mixture alternately with bananas
7. Fold in chopped white chocolate. Scrape batter into pans and spread evenly
8. Bake for 30 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean
9. Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pans and turn out to plate

Frosting :

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth
2. Beat in butter
3. Reduce speed and add icing sugar. Stir in sour cream / lemon juice.

Enjoy :)