Like banana bread in bundt cake form! This Banana Bread Bundt Cake recipe will become your new favorite way to enjoy banana bread!! It is the best banana cake with a unique tender crumb.
Grab a fork because if you love bundt cakes, you will love our other popular bundt cake recipes, like this Gingerbread bundt cake, white chocolate raspberry bundt cake, and this chocolate chocolate chip bundt cake.
This recipe is based on my popular high-altitude banana bread, which is a proven winner at sea level and high altitude. I also give easy instructions for baking it gluten-free and low-carb. You might also enjoy this sourdough discard banana bread recipe!
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Banana Bread Cake – This is the best-ever banana bread, in cake form!
- Gluten-Free Option – I give detailed alterations to make this into a moist and delicious gluten-free banana bundt cake.
- Special Occasion – This recipe serves a crowd, but more importantly, it’s always a hit! This banana cake recipe with cinnamon and sweet glaze is perfect for the holidays, a lazy weekend, or just when you have two many brown bananas lying around.
Simple Ingredients for Banana Bread Bundt Cake
- Flour | I always use unbleached all-purpose flour for baking. See the variations section to explore alternatives.
- Baking soda | Make sure your baking soda is fresh!
- Cinnamon | Cinnamon is an optional ingredient, but it adds great flavors to the recipe.
- Salt | I use kosher salt in my baking unless otherwise noted.
- Sugar | I use all-natural cane sugar – but you can use regular white sugar.
- Eggs | Use large eggs here, brought to room temperature.
- Oil | Any vegetable oil will work– I prefer avocado or melted coconut oil; note that when using coconut oil it may give it a coconut flavor.
- Bananas | Fresh banana flavor with mashed over-ripe bananas. The more overripe bananas the sweeter your banana bundt cake will be. Black or brown bananas are fine if they are not rotten or moldy.
- Creme Fraiche | Add richness with creme Fraiche or use sour cream or plain Greek yogurt.
- Vanilla Extract | Try my homemade bourbon vanilla extract or regular vanilla extract.
- Toppings | I like to garnish this bundt cake recipe with a sweet homemade glaze and crunchy chopped walnuts.
- Optional add-ins | If preferred, add chopped walnuts or semi-sweet chocolate chips – Or both!
Glaze Option – Brown Butter Glaze
- Brown Butter, powdered sugar, water or milk and a little salt makes the most amazing glaze!
Glaze Option- Vanilla Butter Sauce
- Uses butter, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla extract for a silky, lick-your-plate-clean sauce.
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How to Make This Banana Bundt Cake Recipe
Step 1 | Prep and combine dry ingredients
Start by preheating the oven to 325° F (165° C) and spraying a 10 or 12-cup bundt pan with baking release spray. Or, you can brush the pan with thoroughly with soft butter and dust it with flour. Use a well greased bundt pan; this will help avoid sticking when inverting the bundt cake.
Combine the flour mixture in a medium bowl, whisking the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Then, set it aside. If adding walnuts and/or chocolate chips, remove a tablespoon or so of the flour and toss the nuts/chocolate chips in the flour mixture and set aside.
Step 2 | Combine wet ingredients
Next, in a large bowl of a stand mixer, or a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer; add the eggs and the sugar and beat with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed for about 6-8 minutes. Don’t shortcut this process; this provides air to the batter.
Fresh Tips
- Combine the eggs and sugar for a little longer if you’re using natural cane sugar.
Then, slowly pour in the oil. It should take one minute to drizzle in while the mixer is on medium speed.
Add the mashed bananas, creme fraiche, and vanilla extract.
Step 3 | Add flour mixture to wet mixture
Now, slowly fold your flour mixture into the wet batter; do not mix – that will deflate it. Also, add the flour-coated walnuts and chocolate chips, if desired.
Then, pour the batter into the bundt pan, tapping it a few times on a cutting board to release the air bubbles.
Step 4 | Bake and cool
Bake the bundt cake for about 65-75 minutes. Check the doneness by inserting a skewer or cake tester in the center of the cake – If it comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, it is finished baking.
Next, cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then, invert it onto the cooling rack to remove the bundt pan and let the cake cool completely.
Fresh Tips
- If you don’t have a bundt cake pan, use (one or two) loaf pan instead.
Love this pan?
- I love my Nordic ware pans, this is their 75th Anniversary Knot pan.
Step 5 | Glaze and garnish (Optional)
If desired, glaze the cake and sprinkle the top with crunchy chopped walnuts.
How to Make Brown Butter Glaze
First, melt butter to a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Keep in mind that it will snap, sizzle, and pop – continue to swirl it around every once in a while. When it starts to foam, let it sit on low heat until the foaming subsides, giving it a swirl now and again. Now, the butter should have a nutty aroma and a caramel color. So, remove it from the heat and cool it for a few minutes.
Next, whisk in the powdered sugar into the browned butter, adding water (milk or cream) to a mixing bowl. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and whisk until it is smooth and thickened. Check out my post on how to make brown butter glaze.
Then, drizzle the glaze on your bundt cake with a spoon or pour it into a piping bag to pipe it onto the cake.
Fresh Tips
- If the brown butter glaze seizes up or becomes too thick, whisk in a teaspoon of water or cream until it is thin enough to pipe or spread.
How to make Vanilla Butter Sauce
Set a small heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat to melt the butter, sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved. You want a syrup-like consistency that coats the back of a wooden spoon.
This sauce is best served warm, thickening as it cools. Check out the details for vanilla butter sauce.
High Altitude Banana Bread Bundt Cake
If you’re baking at a high altitude, make the following adjustments for the best results: high altitude is typically 3000 feet and higher.
- Increase flour to 3 ¼ cups
- Reduce sugar to 1 ½ cups
- Reduce baking soda to 1 ½ teaspoons
- Bake at 350° F (175° C), checking at about 60 minutes
If you’re a fan of this banana bread bundt cake, you must try more of my banana recipes, like these Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting, Banana Nutella Bread, or my popular Banana Bread – Yum!
Variations
Gluten-Free Banana Bundt Cake
To make this bundt cake gluten-free, replace the all-purpose flour with 1 ½ cups almond flour and 1¾ cups gluten-free all-purpose flour. Be sure to double-check the rest of your ingredients to make sure they are gluten-free. As the gluten-free cake bakes, check it a little earlier to avoid overbaking.
Banana Nut Bread Bundt Cake
Add chopped walnuts to the bundt cake batter for added texture and flavor. But first, lightly coat the chopped nuts with a reserved tablespoon of flour mixture. This will help them not sink into the batter, being evenly distributed instead.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bundt Cake
Add chocolate chips, banana bundt cake! Before adding the semi-sweet chocolate chips to the cake batter, toss them in reserved flour mixture until lightly coated. This helps the chocolate chips float in the batter rather than sink to the bottom.
Sugar-Free Banana Bread Bundt Cake (Low-Carb)
If you are trying to cut out sugar due to diabetes or eating a low-carb diet, replace the sugar with a golden sugar substitute for the cake, I like this brand the best. Then use 2 cups almond flour and 1 cup coconut flour in place of the regular flour.
Substitutions
- Sugar: The granulated sugar can be swapped with alternatives like coconut or brown sugar for a slightly different flavor profile.
- Eggs: If you want an egg-free option, consider using applesauce, yogurt, or commercial egg replacers to maintain moisture and binding.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The flavor and ingredients of bundt cakes and regular cakes are similar but not the same. Bundt cakes require more moisture and use a deep, round pan with the center cut out, much like the shape of a donut. They are also more commonly glazed instead of frosted or iced.
A bundt pan is deeper, and the batter is more dense, resulting in a longer baking time.
Using a heavy-duty quality bundt pan will make all the difference in your release. Plus, brushing the pan with butter or spraying it with cake release helps significantly when removing the cake from the pan. However, if you still have difficulty, run a thin knife or spatula along the sides between the pan and the cake to loosen it some.
To avoid overflowing, don’t fill the pan any more than ⅔ – ¾ from the top.
Storage Tips
Refrigerate or Keep on the Countertop? Store the cooled cake in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a few days. However, keeping it at room temperature is best because the cold usually dries it out.
How to Freeze Bundt Cake – For long-term storage, freeze the cake. Wrap the entire cake in plastic wrap and keep it fresh in the freezer for up to 3 months. Then, thaw overnight in the fridge and enjoy the cake the next day.
How to freeze leftover banana bundt cake: Freeze individual slices wrapped well in plastic wrap, then place in a freezer bag, then the next time you’re craving bundt cake banana bread, it thaws quickly. Plus, the cake will thaw much quicker! If you would like to freeze the whole cake, make sure that it’s cooled completely, wrap it well in plastic wrap and then aluminum foil, and freeze up to 3 months.
Best breakfasts to serve with banana bundt cake
Banana bread and breakfast go hand and hand, and while you can serve this delicious bundt cake anytime, here are a few delectable breakfasts to serve alongside. We love these breakfast sliders, this Hashbrown quiche and this amazing Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast casserole.
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Biscuits and Gravy Casserole | Breakfast Casserole
Biscuits and Gravy Egg Bake is an easy breakfast casserole, easily made overnight or the morning of for a delicious feed-a-crowd breakfast. Filled with flaky biscuits, light eggs with a layer of delicious green chile sausage gravy
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Try not to overbake the recipe – The best method for checking its doneness is inserting a skewer or a cake tester into the center of the cake.
Best drinks to serve with this easy banana bundt cake recipe
Try these festive and fun drinks below!
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Celebrate the beginning of the holiday season with my rich, creamy Copycat Starbucks Eggnog Latte recipe. This homemade eggnog latte is so simple to make and so festive to drink! Enjoy this warm eggnog coffee drink before a crisp morning walk, or as a special treat on a chilly afternoon.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour increase to 3 ¼ cups for high altitude, see notes for guten-free
- 2 teaspoons baking soda decrease to 1 ½ teaspoons high altitude
- 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon optional
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups granuulated sugar I use all natural cane sugar(reduce to 1 ½ cups high altitude)
- 3 large eggs room temperature, if you forgot (submerge in warm, not hot water for 5-7 minutes)
- 1 cup vegetable oil I like avocado or melted coconut oil, but any vegetable oil will work
- 4-6 medium ripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup creme fraiche or substitute with sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract try my bourbon vanilla extract too
- Garnish with desired glaze (see notes) and chopped walnuts
Optional Add-ins
- ⅔ cup chopped walnuts tossed in 1 tablespoon of flour mixture
- ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips tossed in 1 tablespoon of flour mixture
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C) or 350° F (175° C) for high altitude, unless using a dark pan. Spray a 10-12 cup bundt pan with baking release spray (my favorite), or brush with soft butter, then dust with flour.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, set aside.
- Beat the eggs and the sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed for about 6-8 minutes – on the longer side if using natural cane sugar.
- Slowly drizzle in oil, it should take 1-2 minutes to drizzle in while the mixer is on medium.
- Add mashed bananas, creme fraiche (or sour cream or yogurt) and vanilla extract.
- Slowly fold your flour mixture into the wet batter (if using walnuts or chocolate chips, be sure to toss in a tablespoon of flour before folding into the batter).
- Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and tap a few times on a cutting board to get out any air bubbles.
- Bake for about 65-75 minutes or until a skewer or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack, removing the bundt pan and cool completely.
- If desired, glaze cake with glaze one or glaze two and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Notes
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons water or replace with cream or milk
- Pinch of kosher salt
- ½ cup butter, use real butter
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ -2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Place your butter in a small saucepan, over medium-low heat melt butter; it will snap, sizzle and pop, swirl it around every once in a while, when it starts foaming up let it sit on low until foaming subsides, by then your butter should have a nutty aroma and a caramel color. Remove from heat and cool for a few minutes.
In a small mixing bowl, measure powdered sugar and pour in browned butter and water, add a pinch of salt and whisk until smooth and pipeable or spreadable. If it seizes up on you or is too thick, add a teaspoon of water at a time until thin enough to pipe or spread. Whisking well to combine.
Drizzle on your baked goods with a spoon, or pour your glaze into a piping bag (baggies work great too) for piping. Simply snip the end (or corner from a baggie). Be sure to snip a tiny bit initially and see how the stream comes out, if too tight, snip a bit more off until you get the desired amount. How to make Vanilla Butter Sauce – Glaze #2 In a small heavy-bottomed sauce pan, over medium-low heat, melt the butter, sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla.
Stir constantly until the sugar is dissolved and has a syrup consistency. It should coat the back of a wooden spoon.
Sauce is best served warm, it will thicken as it cools, so if you need it thicker, allow it to cool until desired consistency. High Altitude Banana Bread Bundt Cake I bake at 5280 feet above sea level and have tested this cake at high altitude and have had it tested sea level too. Turns out beautifully every time.
- Increase flour to 3 ¼ cups
- Reduce sugar to 1 ½ cups
- Reduce baking soda to 1 ½ teaspoons
- Bake at 350° F (175° C) and start checking at about 60 minutes.
Double check the rest of your ingredients to make sure start checking the cake a little earlier, you don’t want it overbaked. Sugar-Free Banana Bread Bundt Cake (Low-Carb) If you are trying to cut out sugar due to diabetes or eating a low-carb diet, replace the sugar with a golden sugar substitute for the cake, I like this brand the best. Then use 2 cups almond flour and 1 cup coconut flour in place of the regular flour.
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Colleen
This banana bread bundt cake was a nice change from the regular banana bread, and the brown butter glaze was perfect. Thanks for a great recipe.
So glad you liked it!!
Erik
Been talking about baking a Bundt cake lately and this was the perfect thing to come across. Such a wonderful flavor from the banana!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Holly
You had me at brown butter glaze!! This cake was so delicious and the presentation was beautiful. I served it at brunch last weekend and it was a hit!
Yay!! And thank you!
Beth
This looks seriously amazing! I love banana bread, and I love cake. This is a match made in heaven!
A match made in heaven!