Banana Bars with Cream Cheese frosting

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Banana Bars with Cream Cheese frosting

These banana bars are my all-time favorite. They’re so moist and delicious. The cream cheese frosting on top goes with the banana bars perfectly.

Banana Bars – from my mom (no idea where it came from originally) – makes ~3dozen bars1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 medium)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt

Preheat oven to 350F. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, bananas, and vanilla.

Combine to flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Pour into a greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until bars test done. Cool.

Frosting
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
4 cups confectioners sugar
1 package (8 ounces) softened cream cheese
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat well. Spread over bars.

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16 Responses to “Lemon Blueberry Ice Cream Bars”

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oneordinaryday — September 17, 2009 at 1:08 pm

I guess they would be hard to bite into, but if you made them thinner you wouldn’t have such a beautiful swirl of blueberry in there. They look fabulous.
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Jade — September 17, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Those look amazing! Totally on my list!
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Mimi — September 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm

These look delicious. I love lemon and blueberries.
Mimi
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nutmegnanny — September 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm

These look great! Maybe a little thinner would be better but either way they must have tasted fantastic!
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Ingrid — September 17, 2009 at 5:47 pm

Yum, I think your idea of a cheesecake ice cream brillant. I agree those swirls are gorgeous!
~ingrid
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stephchows — September 17, 2009 at 7:02 pm

mmmmm i’d love to have a batch of those sitting in front of me right now!
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Melissa — September 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm

These are too pretty to eat! I love the blueberry/lemon combo.
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Joelen — September 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm

These look outstanding! I love the swirls and the combo of lemon and blueberry is always a winner!
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Colleen — September 18, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Looks delicious! Gorgeous photos.
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SugarCooking — September 19, 2009 at 12:36 am

Those look great! What a beautiful photo!
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eliza — September 19, 2009 at 2:09 am

very nice! look just exactly like the ones in the magazine!

eliza
http://fooddiary.blogsome.com
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Stephanie Wagner — September 21, 2009 at 11:06 am

These are amazing! I didn’t know they were dairy free… We just found our little nephew is allergic to dairy, I’ll have to make these for him.
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A & W — September 29, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Just as gorgeous as they were on the cover of Gourmet. Saw these on tastespotting and knew I recognized them! Yum!
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A & W — September 29, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Just as gorgeous as they were on the cover of Gourmet. Saw these on tastespotting and knew I recognized them! Yum!
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Joudie's Mood Food — August 7, 2010 at 9:51 pm

This looks ……… WOW!!!!
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offmotorway — September 16, 2010 at 9:04 am

What a great idea! One of the best looking desserts I’ve seen in a long time – irresistable!