
Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Banana Bread Coffee Cake
Banana Bread Coffee Cake is made with ripe bananas, cream cheese, and eggs.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 70 min
- Original yield
- Serves 12
- Ingredients
- 14 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
- Dish type
- Cakes
A few quick notes
1. Preheat as directed
Have the oven at the specified temperature for its cooking step.
2. Keep the mixtures separate
Prepare the separate mixtures before combining them at their stated step.
3. Fold at the stated step
Keep the folding step in the mixing sequence.
Get to know the ingredients
cream cheese (, softened)
In the method: In your mixer cream your cream cheese until smooth, add in butter, continue to beat until creamy.
unsalted butter (, softened)
In the method: In your mixer cream your cream cheese until smooth, add in butter, continue to beat until creamy.
ripe bananas (, mashed)
In the method: Add in bananas, sugar and vanilla, and beat until smooth.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 12. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
Ingredient note
Source: 8 ounce cream cheese (, softened)Ingredient note
Source: 1/2 cup unsalted butter (, softened)Ingredient note
Source: 3 ripe bananas (, mashed)Ingredient note
Source: 1 1/4 cup sugar; Source: 3 tablespoons sugarIngredient note
Source: 2 large eggsIngredient note
Source: 1 teaspoon vanilla extractIngredient note
Source: 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powderIngredient note
Source: 1/2 teaspoon baking sodaIngredient note
Source: 1 teaspoon cinnamon; Source: 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamonIngredient note
Source: 2 1/4 cup flour; Source: 3/4 cup flourIngredient note
Source: 1/3 cup walnuts (optional)Ingredient note
Source: 1/2 cup butter (, melted)Ingredient note
Source: 1/3 cup brown sugarIngredient note
Source: 1 pinch salt; authorized salt/pepper exception.
How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Finish as directed
Serve warm or at room temperature.
A few questions you might have
What should I prepare first?
Set out the oven. Start with this step: Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.
Which preparation step should I plan for?
Have the oven at the specified temperature for its cooking step.
What happens at the end?
Serve warm or at room temperature.
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 12. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: dinnerthendessert.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.



