This cheerful banana split sheet cake blends soft banana cake with creamy banana and strawberry buttercreams, finished with a glossy chocolate drizzle, sprinkles, and cherries for a nostalgic, crowd-pleasing dessert.
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Author: Sandra Myers
Ingredients
Banana Cake
4egg whitesroom temperature
¾cupbuttermilk
⅔cupsour cream
1tablespoonvanilla
1teaspoonbanana extract optional
⅓cupvegetable oil
1cupripe mashed bananas about 2 bananas
1box 15.25 oz white cake mix
Small Batch Banana Buttercream
2sticks unsalted butter 1 cup
1pinchsalt
2teaspoonsvanilla
½teaspoonbanana extract
⅛cupheavy cream
4 to 5cupspowdered sugar
1drop yellow gel coloring
Small Batch Strawberry Buttercream
2sticks unsalted butter 1 cup
1pinchsalt
2teaspoonsvanilla
1teaspoonstrawberry emulsion
½cupfreeze dried strawberry powder measured after processing
¼cupheavy cream
4 to 5cupspowdered sugar
Ganache Drizzle
1cupchocolate candy melts
½cupheavy cream
Extras
1cuprainbow sprinkles
1cupstem-on maraschino cherries
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325°F on convection bake. Grease a 9×13 pan with shortening, dust lightly with flour, and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites, buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla, banana extract if using, oil, and mashed bananas until smooth. Sift in the cake mix and gently stir just until combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 to 27 minutes, until the center springs back and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack or turn out if frosting the sides.
Beat the butter on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add salt, vanilla, banana extract, and heavy cream. Gradually mix in powdered sugar and whip on high for 2 minutes. Add more cream if needed, tint yellow, then hand-beat to remove air bubbles.
Beat the butter until fluffy. Add salt, vanilla, strawberry emulsion, strawberry powder, and heavy cream. Mix in powdered sugar and whip on high for 2 minutes. Adjust with cream if needed, hand-beat smooth, and transfer to a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip.
Combine chocolate candy melts and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds, stir, then continue heating in 10-second intervals until smooth. Transfer to a squeeze bottle.
Spread the banana buttercream evenly over the cooled cake. Use a scalloped scraper to create texture, drizzle with ganache, add sprinkles around the edge, pipe strawberry buttercream swirls, and finish each with a maraschino cherry.