If you’re looking for a real treat, this Banana Oat Cream Cheese Cake recipe is exactly what you need. This super moist cake takes banana bread to an all new level featuring cream cheese as the secret ingredient. Smear on the classic cream cheese frosting and you’ve got something friends and family will be asking for over and over again. Enjoy!
Banana Oat Cream Cheese Cake
Ingredients
- Cake:
- ¾ cup oil
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sour cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk*
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 ½ cups cake flour**
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 ripe bananas mashed
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup quick oats
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 4 tbs butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Spray or grease 9x13 glass pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together oil and sugars. Use an electric mixer to blend in sour cream and cream cheese. Beat in eggs until well blended. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, stir together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix into wet batter.
- Gently fold in bananas, nuts, and oats.
- Spread into 9x13 pan. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes. Let cool.
- Prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting. To make the frosting, Using electric or stand mixer, blend all ingredients together until smooth.
- Frost top of the cake with cream cheese frosting.
Notes

Banana Oat Cream Cheese Cake
Ingredients
Cake:
- ¾ cup oil
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sour cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk*
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 ½ cups cake flour**
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 ripe bananas mashed
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup quick oats
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 4 tbs butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Spray or grease 9x13 glass pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together oil and sugars. Use an electric mixer to blend in sour cream and cream cheese. Beat in eggs until well blended. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, stir together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix into wet batter.
- Gently fold in bananas, nuts, and oats.
- Spread into 9x13 pan. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes. Let cool.
- Prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting. To make the frosting, Using electric or stand mixer, blend all ingredients together until smooth.
- Frost top of the cake with cream cheese frosting.
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what a great combination! looks so moist.
This looks really good, we love to try new recipes, I am always trying recipes off Pinterest – We will give this one a go as well!
I choose this post to read because the cream cheese looks great… love this … will be making this one sometime
This one is a bit more work – but oh, it SO looks like it’s worth it! The cream cheese will give it that extra “oomph”……this is going on my to-do list NOW! Thanks!
This looks delicious, I cannot wait to try it, thank you for sharing this recipe.
That sounds so wonderful! I love bananas and cream cheese but don’t think I have tried them together.