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Moist homemade banana nut cake recipe sliced on a white kitchen table with visible walnuts and pecans, shot from above.

Banana Nut Cake

Moist homemade banana nut cake with walnuts & pecans, bakery-style flavor & texture
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Southern
Calories: 310
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Ripe bananas Mashed
  • 2 ½ cups All-purpose flour
  • ½ cup Granulated sugar
  • ½ cup Brown sugar Packed
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter Softened
  • 2 Large eggs Room temp
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cup Sour cream
  • ½ cup Walnuts Chopped
  • ½ cup Pecans Chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg Optional

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl
  • 1 Electric mixer Hand or stand mixer
  • 1 Measuring cups/spoons
  • 1 9x13 inch baking pan Greased
  • 1 Wire cooling rack
  • 1 Rubber spatula
  • 1 Whisk

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease pan
  2. Mash bananas; cream butter & sugars; add eggs & vanilla
  3. Whisk dry ingredients; alternate with sour cream
  4. Fold in nuts gently
  5. Pour batter in pan, bake 55–65 min
  6. Cool 10 min, transfer to wire rack

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.