Banana Cake using cake mix

Easy Box Mix banana snack cake with cream cheese frosting is the simplest treat you can make.

a square slice of cake with fluffy white frosting

How to make easy boxed cake mix banana snack cake with cream cheese frosting:

  • Mix two packages of Martha White Banana nut muffin mix with heavy cream, bananas, eggs, oil and salty.
  • Bake cak eat 350 for 25 minutes.
  • Let cake cool
  • Mix cream cheese, butter in a stand mixer until fluffy.
  • fold in rum, vanilla, salt and confectioners sugar.
  • Spread frosting over cooled cake
  • Serves 12
a bowl of peeled bananas, eggs and muffin mix packages

Ingredients in Easy Banana Snack Cake recipe:

fresh ingredients:

  • cream cheese
  • butter
  • eggs
  • bananas
  • heavy cream

pantry ingredients:

  • Martha White banana nut muffin mix
  • vegetable oil
  • salt
  • dark rum
  • vanilla extract
  • confectioners sugar
a stick of butter, a carton of salt and a black of cream cheese on a board

Other Ways to use packaged cake and muffin mixes

  • Use Pumpkin muffin mix, add 1 can of pumpkin ( omit banana) a tsp of pumpkin pie spice for a delicious pumpkin snack cake.
  • Blueberry muffin mix : use 2 cups frozen blueberries, 1 tsp cinnamon for blueberry snack cake.
  • Poppy Seed cake: omit bananas, add in juice of 1 lemon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger. For the icing, use a simple sugar and lemon juice glaze.
a sheet cake swirled with cream cheee frosting in a ceramic pan

Equipment needed for this recipe:

  • 9 x 13 baking dish
  • stand mixer with paddle attachment
  • bowls, measuring cups and spoons
  • offset spatula for frosting
a white pan with a cake in it
You could stop right here- but you know I’m all about MORE!

Other Great banana recipes to try:

a frosty glass of milk and a bite of cake on a fork

Pro-tips for this banana cake using cake mix recipe:

  1. leave the butter and cream cheese out overnight for the fluffiest frosting
  2. add the confectioners sugar in very slowly
  3. use an offset spatula to spread the frosting
  4. do not overmix the batter or the cake can be tough and not plush
  5. use banana rum in the frosting for extract banana flavor

a slice of banana cake with fluffy frosting and a fork

Easy Banana Snack Cake with Fluffy Frosting

This simple snack cake is pulled together with two packages of store bought banana muffin mix. Top with a fluffy cream cheese frosting for next level yumminess.
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Course: Sweet Tooth
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 451kcal

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 2 pkgs Martha White banana muffin mix
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 large bananas ripe and mashed well
  • 2 large eggs beaten until frothy
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • pinch of salt

Fluffy Cream Cheese frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened (leave out overnight for best results)
  • ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 5 TBSP Dark rum divided
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 3 cups 10X Confectioner’s Sugar

Instructions

  • Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 13 inch baking dish well.
  • Mix the heavy cream, eggs, banana and oil until well combined in a medium bowl. Add in the muffin mix and salt and stir until just combined. Do not overmix. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake. Drizzle with 3 tablespoon (or so) of rum. Let cool completely.

For the frosting

  • Chill the bowl of your stand mixer in the freezer for 30 minutes. In the chilled bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the cream cheese and butter and mix on medium high until pale yellow- about 30 seconds. Add the salt, vanilla and remaining rum and mix for 10 seconds. Slowly add the confectioners sugar, 1/2 cup at a time and beat until light and fluffy. Do not over-beat the frosting.
  • Using an offset spatula, spread the frosting over the cooled cake. Chill until ready to serve. Cut into squares and serve.

Notes

  • I used Martha White 7.6 oz banana nut muffin mix.
  • If the frosting is too loose, pop the ingedients everything in the fridge for 5 minutes.
  • Leave out the butter and cream cheese OVERNIGHT for fluffiest frosting.
  • Nutrition

    Calories: 451kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.8g | Protein: 3.2g | Fat: 31.7g | Saturated Fat: 14.7g | Cholesterol: 93.1mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 126.4mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 18.6IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 2.2mg

    Inspired by Hannah Dasher’s “Stand by your Pan Banana- Walnut layered cake”, this simple snack cake will have you singing for joy it’s so easy.

    I love following Country Music singer, Hannah Dasher, on Instagram. She has a wicked good recipe collection called “Stand by your Pan.”

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