Peanut Butter Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp Amoretti® Banana Extract W.S.
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 bananas)
• ½ cup sour cream

• 6 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup Amoretti® Old Fashioned Peanut Butter
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp Amoretti® Vanilla Madagascar Bourbon 2X W.S.
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ⅓ cup powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars until they are pale yellow and fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition, then add Banana Extract and mashed banana.
5. Mix in half of the flour mixture, then the sour cream, then the other half of the flour mixture.
6. Spread the batter evenly in a greased 9" x 13" baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until nicely browned and the surface bounces back when you press it with your finger.
7. Cool the cake completely before frosting.

8. Beat cream cheese, Old Fashioned Peanut Butter, salt, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla, and heavy cream together in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
9. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add powdered sugar. Mix until smooth.
10. If the frosting is too stiff to spread, add a teaspoon or two of cream and mix again.
11. Spread the frosting evenly over the cake.