Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting

A delicious Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting. You’ll love the pairing of moist banana cake with a nutty, creamy frosting in this easy recipe.

Are you as obsessed with Nutella as we are? These Nutella Stuffed Donut Holes are another must-try dessert!

Why Make Nutella Frosting

We simply couldn’t resist pairing this banana cake with the chocolate-hazelnut flavors in Nutella. Along with tasting out-of-this-world, delicious the creamy Nutella makes the frosting so soft and spreadable.

Once you taste this frosting you’ll want to add it on anything and everything. Go nuts! Spread it on graham crackers, on cake and especially on these Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes.

Or just eat it with a spoon. It’s THAT good.

If you have the chance, don’t want to miss out on the perfection that is this banana cake with Nutella frosting. It’s pure banana chocolate paradise.

Ingredient Notes

• Nutella – This is a spread made of hazelnuts and chocolate. It’s readily available at most grocery stores or you can get in online.
• Bananas – Naturally, banana cake calls for bananas. We used three full bananas for this recipe. The riper the bananas the sweeter and moister the cake will be.
• Butter – You will need unsalted butter for both the cake and the frosting. Don’t have unsalted? Use salted butter instead and reduce or omit the added kosher salt in the recipe.
• Vanilla extract – A teaspoon of vanilla extract adds a creamy, fragrant dimension of flavor.
• Milk – This gets beaten with the Nutella, butter and powdered sugar to thin the frosting to a spreadable consistency. We used skim milk but any milk will work.

Tips and Tricks

• Assembly: After frosting the first layer of cake, top it with the second layer. Spread a little frosting on top to form a crumb layer. Then chill the cake for 10 minutes before spreading on the remaining frosting. This method helps the top of the cake look smoother than adding all the frosting at once.
• Cake size: This recipe is for a 2-layer cake baked in 9 inch round pans. You can also make it as a sheet cake in a 9×13 baking pan you like. A sheet cake will take longer to bake than two cake layers.
• Frosting: If you want a thinner frosting, add more milk a tablespoon at a time until you get the consistency you like. Our chocolate sour cream frosting is a delicious substitute! Or give our chocolate cream cheese frosting a try on this cake.
• Storing: Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting can be stored at room temperature. Keep it covered and enjoy within 5 days.

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Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting

4.79 from 19 votes

By: Aimee

A delicious Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting. You'll love the pairing of moist banana cake with a nutty, creamy frosting in this easy recipe.

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients 

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For the cake:

• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butter softened
• ▢ 1 cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 3 medium bananas
• ▢ 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon kosher salt

For the frosting:

• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter softened
• ▢ 1 cup Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread
• ▢ ¼ cup milk
• ▢ 4 cups powdered sugar

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Instructions 

• For the cake, grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add in egg, vanilla, and bananas (you can mash them first, but I toss them in and it does the work). Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat for a couple minutes until fully blended.
• Pour batter evenly between the two cake pans. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool in pans for about 10 minutes. Flip onto a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting, beat butter for two minutes. Add in nutella, powdered sugar and milk. Beat an additional 3-5 minutes. scraping down the sides of the bowl periodically.
• To assemble the cake, lay one layer of cooled cake on a cake plate. Spoon frosting over middle layer generously. Top with second layer of cake. Spoon and spread frosting over cake to create a thin crumb layer. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes. Using a spatula, continue frosting the cake with the remaining frosting. If desired, reserve some frosting and place in a pastry bag with tip to decorate. ENJOY.

Notes

Assembly: After frosting the first layer of cake, top it with the second layer. Spread a little frosting on top to form a crumb layer. Then chill the cake for 10 minutes before spreading on the remaining frosting. This method helps the top of the cake look smoother than adding all the frosting at once.

Cake size: This recipe is for a 2-layer cake baked in 9 inch round pans. You can also make it as a sheet cake in a 9×13 baking pan you like. A sheet cake will take longer to bake than two cake layers.

Frosting: If you want a thinner frosting, add more milk a tablespoon at a time until you get the consistency you like. Our chocolate sour cream frosting is a delicious substitute! Or give our chocolate cream cheese frosting a try on this cake.

Storing: Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting can be stored at room temperature. Keep it covered and enjoy within 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice, Calories: 473kcal, Carbohydrates: 65g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 23g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 58mg, Sodium: 198mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 50g

Course: Cake

Cuisine: American

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