Okay!  Straight up keepin' it real here...
This photo doesn't do justice to the amazing deliciousness of this little cake.
It's all my fault.  I crave banana sweetness, I make cake, then I rush to eat cake.  I snapped one single solitary photo of this cake before I got busy eating it. 


That slice.  The big fat one you see up there.  It was my late afternoon snack.  It was worth it and I don't have any regrets.  I went on to have several more slices over the next day or two, and I don't regret them either.  The cake was so good!  Like a perfect slice of banana bread topped with....with...oh my gosh, you are going to die!...creamy (as in cream cheese) caramel frosting!   Snap!

You need to make this cake.  It's the perfect size!  A tall and lovely 9 inch round.  It's just right for dessert tonight, especially if you have ripe bananas ready to be used up.
Maaaaaake it!

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Dulce de Leche Banana Cake
Source:  slightly adapted from Bakers Royale
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Ingredients
For the cake:
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed bananas (about  1 1/2 to 2 large bananas)
¾ cup dulce de leche

For the frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, cold
8 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons dulce de leche
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups of powdered sugar, sifted


Make the cake:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9" round cake pan and then lightly dust with flour. Place parchment round on bottom of pan.Place sour cream in a bowl and add baking soda; set aside.
Mix butter and sugar until light and creamy.
Add eggs in one at time and beat until combined. Add vanilla and beat until combined.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Mix bananas, dulce de leche and sour cream mixture. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with banana mixture. Mix after each addition until just combined.
Pour mixture into prepared cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake for 5 minutes in cake pan. Remove cake and continue to cool cake completely on a wire rack.

Make the frosting:
Mix cream cheese, dulce de leche and butter until combined. Add vanilla and mix until combined.
Gradually add sifted powdered sugar and mix until fully combined.



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