Marsha's Banana Cake/Bars

This cake is a great way to get rid of some bananas that might be turning brown. I love the recipe equally as a cream cheese frosted bar, or as a chocolate frosted bar with chocolate chips added to the batter. Either way, delicious!

Marsha's Banana Cake/Bars

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 2 mashed bananas

Directions:

1. Cream together butter and sugar until well combined ands smooth.
2. Add eggs, sour cream, vanilla. Beat until combined. Then add your mashed bananas and mix until incorporated.
3. Then add flour, soda and salt. Mix until just incorporated, leaving just a few small streaks of flour in the batter that will get mixed in as you scrape and pour the batter into your pan. (Do not leave any flour unincorporated once it is poured in the pan. If streaks remain, blend them in.)
• If you are adding chocolate chips (or any other mix-ins) to your recipe, add them in this step.
4. For Bars: Spread on a greased 10x15 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. 
• For Cake: Alternatively, you can pour this batter into a greased 9x13 pan to make a thicker cake rather than a thinner bar, and bake for longer a little longer, until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean.
5. Cool and then frost, if desired.
• Cream cheese frosting: https://1brother2sisters.blogspot.com/2010/10/cream-cheese-frosting.html
• You can also frost with chocolate frosting.