Snack time and brown nearly black bananas…two things you will find at my house most days of the week. I’m a not-quite-yellow-must-have-a-little-bit-of-green banana eater, so when they are past that, they are usually waiting around to be used up another way.
Last week I decided to combine snack time and ripe bananas and made this easy, totally snack-worthy cake, the peanut butter layer was in the original recipe…adding chopped Reese’s? Something I decided on my own and it was the best idea ever. My kids gobbled this up and I can see myself making this over and over again.
But I would love a few other suggestions for using up those bananas that keep staring me in the face, what’s your favorite thing to make with those ripe bananas?
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups FLOUR
- 1 cup SUGAR
- 3/4 teaspoon BAKING SODA
- 1/2 teaspoon SALT
- 1/4 cup BUTTER, melted and cooled
- 2 medium BANANAS, mashed
- 2/3 cup SOUR CREAM
- 1 teaspoon VANILLA EXTRACT
- 3/4 cup CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
- 20 MINI REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line with foil and lightly grease a 8 or 9 inch square pan.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine butter, bananas, sour cream and vanilla. Add this to dry mixture and stir until just combined.
- Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes, spoon peanut butter onto warm cake and let set a few minutes. Spread over entire cake. When completely cool, top with chopped peanut butter cups and serve.
Recipe Source: Baking Bites
MORE LOVE FOR REESE”S:
Chocolate PB Explosion Cookies
Reese’s Peanut Butter Banana Bread
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I like this recipe 🙂
Banana + PB + Reese’s cups = this combination should be wonderful
Winnie recently posted..חלות עם דבש או סילאן
WOW! that looks good!!! I love to make Banana Nut Bread Cookies. Or my Honey to make Bananas Fosted 🙂 Here is the link to my blog for the cookie recipe….
http://thefontenotslife.blogspot.com/2011/09/school-snacksfor-teacher-banana-nut.html
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Amazing! I bet this would go over great at a bake sale. 🙂
Kelly @ Semi Homemade Mom recently posted..Menu Plan Monday 1/14 – Just Us Three
yay for someone else who likes to eat their bananas with a little bit of green still on them 🙂 I am loving this fun banana cake with Reese’s on top. That is a stroke of genius there girl!!!! I have been throwing banana into everything lately…cookies, bread, muffins, scones….I need more ideas too!!!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life recently posted..Lean Cuisine Salad Additions #BYOL #CBias
This is my kind of snack! 🙂 Love how you topped the cake with Reeses’s!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction recently posted..Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
oh SO yummy!!! 🙂
Lisa @hoopla palooza recently posted..valentine chocolate candy box candle
Great recipe! Healthy too! I love it!!
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers recently posted..Soy, Orange Juice and Red Wine Marinade #SundaySupper
I eat my Banana’s the same way! This snack looks to die for! Thanks so much for Linking up at Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s!
Chandra@The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen recently posted..Show Me Your Plaid Mondays #6
Yum! I love any excuse to snack on cake.
Oh my! What a great recipe.
But only a tiny bit of green for me on my bananas!
madge | the vegetarian casserole queen recently posted..Kale Chips
This is definitely the kind of snack I can get behind! 🙂 I can eat banana baked goods all day long!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl recently posted..Bakery-Style Banana Muffins
Um, that is so totally my kind of snack! Yum!
Thanks for linking up to What’s Cooking Wednesday!
Karly recently posted..What’s Cookin’ Wednesday #2
Yum! This looks like a great recipe! I’m used to banana cake with cream cheese frosting, so this looks like a nice change…
We go through bananas so fast at this house that they never have the chance to turn black, no matter how many I buy!
Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen recently posted..Chewy Toffee Chocolate Blondies
Ummm yeah. this looks amazing!!!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets recently posted..Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers
Oh my goodness, this looks ridiculously amazing!!!
I have this in the oven as we speak! A nice, easy recipe that isn’t terribly bad for you. I will say, I am omitting the PB cups because I don’t have any handy in the pantry. Thanks for the recipe!