Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe is out the Cake Mix Doctor Recipe book. It is quick and easy and tastes like its made from scratch! It's even better the second day!!

Banana Cake

1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow cake mix

1/2 C. packed brown sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 medium-size ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (about 1 cup)

1 C. water

1/2 C. vegetable oil

3 large eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans with solid vegetable shortening then dust with flour, set aside. Combine cake mix, brown sugar, and cinnamon in large mixing bowl. Then add the mashed bananas, water, oil, and eggs. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Then scrape the sides and beat on a higher speed for 2 more minutes. Divide the well mixed batter between the two pans and place them in the oven side by side . Bake until lightly brown and toothpick comes out of center clean, 30-32 minutes. After baked remove from oven and let them cool for 10 minutes. Then run a dinner knife around the edges to get them out of the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting. Place one layer on serving platter and frost the top of the layer. Then place the second layer on top of the first and use remaining frosting along the edges and top.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature

1 stick butter, at room temperature

3 3/4 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Blend the butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Add the powdered a little bit at a time until sugar in well incorporated, 1 minute. Add the vanilla, then increase the mixer speed to medium and blend the frosting until fluffy, 1 more minute. Now you can frost the cake!!