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 confectionersโ€™ sugar and vanilla; beat well. Spread over bars.

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18 Responses to “Tunnel of Fudge Cake”

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    vanillasugarblog — February 8, 2014 at 11:54 am

    this cake screams a lot of things!
    eat me comes to my mind!
    lol

    • beantownbaker — February 8th, 2014 @ 11:57 am

      It does definitely scream that ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Aimee — February 9, 2014 at 7:14 am

    Gorgeous Bundt, Jen! It looks amazing. Love the butter and cocoa tip and the raspberries!

    • beantownbaker — February 9th, 2014 @ 8:58 pm

      Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Tracy | Pale Yellow — February 10, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    Who needs a tunnel of love when you have a tunnel of fudge! This looks fantastic!!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — February 23, 2014 at 9:45 am

    This cake looks glorious ๐Ÿ™‚ I am dying to get a slice, maybe two ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    sue epstein — February 27, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    The original recipe called for a box of Pillsbury’s frosting mix and was much, much better than the current recipes. There was a tunnel of gooey soft fudge in the middle that you just can’t get with today’s recipes for this cake. But it’s still a great cake!

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    Lynne — February 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm

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    Marye Audet — March 21, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    One of my favorites! Thanks for the reminder..I need to make this – soon!

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    Heila — December 22, 2015 at 4:24 am

    I just tried this yummy recipe from your blog and it has come out really yummy!! ๐Ÿ™‚
    This is my first tunnel of fudge cake and I am quite happy with the outcome…
    Thanks for sharing this easy recipe ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Lois C. Flores — January 27, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    Gorgeous!!! I’d love to try to make it for my family soon. Your recipe is so detailed, but to a clumsy person like me, Hopefully I won’t mess everything up haha.

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    Abigail C. Murdock — March 17, 2016 at 4:19 am

    Looking at the picture of your cake I just wanna try it immediately. It looks really good. It is good to make it at home and serve on some special occasions like birthday parties or a party with friends on weekends. Thanks Jen for sharing this recipe with us!

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    Dane Shaw — March 23, 2016 at 6:47 am

    Nice recipe Jen! Hope that I can do it the way you make your cake. Always love chocolate. Thank you for sharing it!

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    Healthoop — March 24, 2016 at 9:53 am

    oh my god, I fell in love with it at the first sight. So yummy and nice at the look. Thanks Jen for sharing wonderful recipe!

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    Anthony — April 20, 2016 at 12:34 am

    Awesome, you make it like an artist. It looks so delicious, I will try your recipe to make it for my kids. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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    Kathy — June 16, 2016 at 3:26 am

    This cake recipe looks very sweet and delicous. I will try it soon. Thank for share this great post.

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    Luis Sanborn — March 14, 2017 at 4:21 am

    This looks amazing, I will try this out tomorrow, thank you for sharing!

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