It’s Friday, it’s supposed to get into the 50′s, and I have half a pan of this banana cake sitting on my counter. It’s going to be a good day! While it being Friday is pretty exciting and this cake tastes amazing, I’m pretty sure I’m most excited about the fact that it is supposed to be warm and sunny today! Well, that and the fact that I got new running shoes in the mail yesterday that are just waiting for me to run in them, and the idea of running in the warmth is wonderful!
But after enjoying a long run in the warm, sunny weather, you can guarantee that we will enjoy big pieces of this banana cake. It’s perfect recovery food after all. . .whole wheat flour, bananas, honey, yogurt, peanut butter. . .just think of it as a smoothie in cake form! 
Okay, well maybe it’s not a health food, but it is a lot healthier than most cakes. It doesn’t, however, taste like healthy cake. The whole wheat flour is sifted so it doesn’t give the cake a heavy or coarse texture. The bananas and yogurt give the cake it’s tender, moist base so that you won’t miss the oil.
Okay, well maybe it’s not a health food, but it is a lot healthier than most cakes. It doesn’t, however, taste like healthy cake. The whole wheat flour is sifted so it doesn’t give the cake a heavy or coarse texture. The bananas and yogurt give the cake it’s tender, moist base so that you won’t miss the oil.
And the frosting? Well, that’s good enough to eat all by itself! But you should save some of it to frost the cake. It is rich and creamy without being overly sweet. Spread it on top of the banana cake and you will find yourself having a hard time resisting a second piece!
Banana Snack Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Author: A Kitchen Addiction
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 9
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1 C whole wheat flour
- ½ C all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ C sugar or sugar substitute
- ¼ C honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ C smashed bananas or about 2 medium bananas
- ½ C low-fat plain yogurt
- ¼ C water
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- ⅓ C peanut butter chips
For the Frosting
- ½ C creamy peanut butter
- ¼ C butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 C confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9×9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, sift together flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, honey, vanilla, banana, yogurt, water, and egg. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Stir in peanut butter chips.
- Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- While cake is cooling, prepare frosting. Add peanut butter and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until smooth. Add in vanilla extract, salt, confectioner’s sugar, and milk. Beat until creamy, about 2-3 minutes on medium-high.
- Frost cooled cake. Cut into pieces and serve. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
This recipe is linked with Weekend Potluck, Strut Your Stuff Saturday, Time to Shine Tuesday, What’s Cookin’ Wednesday, What’s in Your Kitchen Wednesday.
Oh banana and peanut butter – is there any better duo in the world? I don’t think so.
Peanut butter and bananas are the BEST combo!
Delicious Jessica! I cannot wait to run in the warm weather either! Come on Spring
Delicious! Love that you added yogurt to these.
Peanut butter frosting sounds especially good this morning…yummmm!
Have a great weekend.
Amy @Chobani
It sounds like a health food cake to me! Ha, at least that is what I would tell myself as I devoured half of the pan!
Banana snack cake as recovery food? I can get behind that idea! Isn’t it fantastic to have warm weather for running again?!
Yummmmm! I really wish I had this sitting on my counter right now. Send me some in the mail?
xo Jackie
Oh I love the little sprinkles on top – so spring-y!!
PB & Bananas in a cake? Sign me up! This sounds EXCELLENT!
Oh yum! What a great use for those over-ripe bananas…I am tired of banana bread.
I’m sorry, what were you saying?
All I can think about is that snack cake…and oh….the frosting…mmmm
I always have extra bananas lying around that I could totally use to make this cake! And then have it for breakfast with the excuse that it has bananas in it
I love peanut butter and banana together and I just love how you made this healthier!
Peanut butter and banana is such a classic combination. This cake looks amazing!
I love this combo!!
I can’t wait for the warm weather…it is slowly showing it is coming.
I woke up this morning thinking about finding something different for breakfast. I checked my reader and saw this. It was so easy to make that I whipped it up while holding a cranky baby who woke up too early this morning. Since we were eating it for breakfast, I skipped the frosting and instead put chopped walnuts in the batter. It turned out great! It’s fluffy and moist and not too sweet. Even with my tempermental little Asian oven, it cooked quickly and evenly. I don’t mind serving it as breakfast because with the healthy substitutions, it’s better for us than my usual banana bread recipe. Thanks!
LOVE IT!
I have seriously had a thing for banana everything lately – this is totally calling to me!
Love how I could feel good about eating this cake!
Hi! This cake looks wonderful! I really like the healthier aspects of using yogurt and some WW flour. I’ve had banana cake/bread/muffins with chocolate and nuts but never combined with peanut butter. I’ll have to give it a try soon.
I love banana cake and with PB frosting oh yeah! I like that you make the cake with wheat flour for a little more nutrition.
I love the simplicity of snack cakes, they’re the best!! I especially love this one with peanut butter and banana, which I have been completely obsessed with lately…
Bananas in any cake or bread is an automatic win and with PB + frosting, even better!
Yum, your cake looks so delicious!
This looks like a perfect after school (or after work) snack! Frosted peanut butter cake with a glass of milk is so satisfying! Thanks for the recipe.
I run so I can eat. Is that bad? This cake looks amazing!
These are making my tape worm squirm! I can’t wait to whip up a batch of these delights! Thanks for sharing
Banana and Peanutbutter … nuff said