This Banana Bundt Cake has AMAZING flavor from ripe bananas, cinnamon, brown sugar glaze, and buttered pecans. It is one of those cakes that never lasts long- everyone is going to want a piece (or three). ;0) 

Best Banana Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

I love making bundt cakes because they are so simple and delicious. There’s no need to make a frosting and filling as with layer cakes, which take a lot longer to decorate. All a bundt cake needs is maybe a glaze if you’re feeling fancy ;0). In this case, we added a great brown sugar glaze (yum) which couldn’t be simpler to make.

How to Make a Banana Bunt Cake

• First, preheat the oven and grease and flour your bundt pan (Bake at 350 degrees F unless you are using a dark pan. If it’s dark, bake at 325).

• In the bowl of your mixer, add the dry ingredients (sugar, flour cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt) and blend for 30 seconds to make sure that everything is evenly distributed and well mixed.

• Add the softened butter to the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are moistened.  

• In a separate bowl, slice and mash the bananas, add lemon juice, eggs, vanilla extract and buttermilk and stir to combine.

• Slowly add the banana/buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix on medium speed for two minutes, pausing as needed to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

• Pour batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake springs back lightly when touched, or a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs attached.

• After cooling the cake in the pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes, flip out onto your cake pedestal or cake base. Prepare the brown sugar glaze and add butter pecans for a fabulous final touch. Enjoy!  

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We hope that you enjoy this delicious homemade Banana Bundt Cake. If you give it a try, please make sure to leave a comment below! We have many more delicious recipes for you in our Desserts section.

If you love banana recipes, you’ll also love our Easy Banana Pudding. We also have other bundt cakes as well including our go-to Pound Cake and Lemon Blueberry Cake!

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Yield: 15 servings

Best Banana Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

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This banana bunt cake has SO much flavor from ripe bananas, cinnamon, brown sugar, and buttered pecans!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
• 3 cups (342g) cake flour
• 1 teaspoon (3g) cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon baking powder (12g)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda (3g)
• 1/2 teaspoon (3g) salt
• 12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1 /2 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons (8g) vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups (363g) buttermilk

For the Brown Sugar Glaze

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar (sifted)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

For the Buttered Pecans (optional topping)

• 3/4 cup pecans
• 1.5 tablespoons butter
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

For the Banana Cake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, (325 If you are using a dark pan) Grease/spray & flour a bundt pan.

In the mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients, sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, & salt. Turn on the mixer and blend for 30 seconds to incorporate ingredients

Add the softened butter to the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are moistened. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl

In a separate bowl, slice and mash the bananas, add lemon juice, eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla and buttermilk. Lightly mix these ingredients with a fork to blend

Slowly add the banana/buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for two minutes, pausing to scrape down the sides as needed.

Pour batter into the prepared pans and bake for 45-50 minutes or until the cake springs back to the touch or a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs attached..

Cool the cake for 10 minutes on a cooling rack and then flip out onto cake pedestal/cake base.

For the Brown Sugar Glaze

Heat the ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat until it just begins to simmer and the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool until it thickens to desired consistency. *I put mine into a disposable piping bag with the tip snipped away for more control.

For the Buttered Pecans

Combine melted butter and chopped pecans until pecans are well coated. Spread onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 5-6 minutes. Watch carefully to make sure they they do not burn. Sprinkle over the glaze (if the glaze has already set, lightly push the chopped pecans into it.)