How to make a fabulous semi homemade banana pudding cake with simple ingredients!
Homemade banana pudding is favorite in my family. I swear every time that the holidays approach, or it’s someones birthday, people always ask me to make banana pudding. Recently, I was on the phone talking to my cousin TJ. He went on and on, about how our Grandmother made the very best banana pudding. He said that it was so good that it tasted like a cake! I swear, as soon as he said that, it reminded me that I had promised a few subscribers that I’d make a banana pudding cake for the holidays!
So during summer of 2016, I had several Instagram followers tag me on numerous banana pudding cakes. Everyone wanted to know how to make a homemade banana pudding cake in their very own kitchen. Truth be told, it isn’t hard at all!
For this cake recipe, you’ll need a box of yellow cake mix. Use all of the ingredients that the cake calls for EXCEPT for the water. Use milk, instead of the water. You’ll then add in banana pieces.
The next step will be baking the cake, and making a homemade vanilla buttercream frosting. After those steps are done, frost the cakes, and you’ll be enjoying your banana pudding cake in no time!
TIP: You CAN replace the middle layer of buttercream with vanilla pudding! XOXO
Watch my easy video tutorial for this easy, yet delicious banana pudding cake!
Banana Pudding Cake
Ingredients
- 15.25 box of Yellow Cake Mix
- - Replace water with milk
- - Add eggs as directed on box
- - Add vegetable oil as directed on box.
- 2 medium sized ripe bananas cut in small pieces
- Box of vanilla wafers
Vanilla Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pour the cake mix into a large bowl, then remove all of the lumps by sifting or whisking.
- Add in the milk, vegetable oil, and eggs.
- Mix until the batter is smooth.
- Toss in the bananas pieces into the batter, then fold in.
- Spray two 9 inch cake pans with baking spray or add parchment paper at the bottom of the pans.
- Pour the cake batter into both cake pans.
- Bake the cakes in the oven on 350 F for 25 minutes, or until done.
- Let the cakes cool completely.
- Combine the ingredients for the vanilla buttercream, and mix until creamy.
- Once the cakes are completely cool, frost them ( watch the video).
- Add vanilla wafers on the cake.
- Let sit for at least 1 hour.
- Serve & enjoy!
Hi Rosie i love your recipes im not a baker but i want to try baking desserts so i will be making this for Christmas. I was wondering do you have a recipe for a coconut pie?
Hi Hanna! I don’t have a coconut pie recipe uploaded at this time.
Ms. Rosie,
How did you cut the parchment paper? Does it come that way, or did you have to measure it? Also, does using the paper mean you don’t have to worry about the sides of the pan? Thank you for being such an excellent instructor. I love your videos and am a HUGE FAN!
Hi Dee! I bought the parchment paper like that. I used nonstick pans, so it shouldn’t still to the sides. The bottoms are more likely to stick.
Hi Rosie it’s so nice to meet you,your recipe’s and desert’s look so delicious an I can hardly wait to try to make some of them. Would you happen to have a recipe for pineapple coconut frosting ?
Hi Jan! Nice to meet ya! Unfortunately I don’t have a pineapple & coconut frosting uploaded at this time 🙁
I made this for Christmas. It was amazing!
Hi Lashan! I’m glad that you liked the recipe!
Hi Rosie
I think that you are a great cook and I really appreciate all the recipes and all the videos that you have allowed us to see. I was in Palm Beach some years ago can’t remember the restaurant that we were at but they had the best buttermilk cake I was just wondering have you ever did a buttermilk cake before.
Was it a pound cake, or a layer cake?
Can you use a banana pudding mix in the cake mix instead of the whole bananas?
Sure can 🙂
This looks so good. I am going to make it for my dad’s 90th birthday Friday. Can’t wait to try it!
Hi Rosie,
I think you’re an amazing cook and I’ve enjoyed watching all of your videos along with the recipes, I was wondering do you have a recipe for Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie?
Hi hun! I don’t have the recipe listed as of now.
Do you have a recipe for German Chicolate cake?
Yes, you can find it HERE.
So there’s no banana pudding on or in the cake. Can you put pudding on instead of frosting then add layer of cake
Yes.