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This banana pound cake was originally written and published in April, 2011. It’s been updated with a new video and new photographs on 10/27/16.
You know my husband? The guy who hates cake?
He likes this banana pound cake.
He likes it a lot.
He ate it for breakfast three days in a row. I think it had something to do with the peanut butter, Nutella, and bananas.
Quick question: why can my husband eat pound cake for breakfast and not gain a single pound, but I eat cake for breakfast and need to buy new pants? It’s not fair.
One other question: A few months ago I baked with Nutellla for the first time and since then I can’t seem to stop using it in my baked goods. What happened and how do I make it stop?
Do I even want to make it stop?
As you can see, I’m feeling very contemplative this morning. What’s on your mind today? What are you thinking about and questioning? And wouldn’t you rather be thinking about it with a big slice of this cake in front of you?
Banana Pound Cake with Peanut Butter and Nutella
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter room temperature
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter divided
- 2 3/4 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 large bananas mashed
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Nutella divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream the butter and 3/4 cup of the peanut butter until smooth. Beat in the sugar, mixing until light and airy, around 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
- Mix in the mashed banana on low.
- Add the flour and salt to the mixer, all at once, and mix just until incorporated.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Drop heaping spoonfuls of Nutella over the top of the batter, about 1/2 a cup.
- Using a butter knife, swirl the Nutella all throughout the cake to get a marbled look.
- Pour remaining batter over top of Nutella.
- Bake the cake for 60 - 75 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and a tester comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Heat remaining Nutella and peanut butter in the microwave in 10 second intervals to soften it up enough to drizzle. Drizzle on top of cake.
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One of the original photos, for posterity’s sake:
Amanda L. (Tales from a Kitchen Misfit) says
You never want the nutella baking to stop. Ever.
Susan says
This sounds wonderful. Question: Where does the other 1/4 cup of peanut butter go, or am I missing it somewhere?????
Amy @ A Little Nosh says
3 STICKS of butter??? Holy cow. Sign me up!
natalie (the sweets life) says
funny my husband is not a cake lover either and yet i know he’ll love this!! ๐
Megan says
I don’t think there’s anything else in this comment that I can say except that I need to make this. I also need a bundt pan so I can make it. And I’m sure after that’s all said and done, I will thank you for this.
Joanne says
Seriously what IS it about men and weight gain? My roommate and i tried to put her boyfriend on a peanut butter diet to see if he’d gain weight…and he lost five pounds. Weird. And unfortunate.
Well I might have to put myself on a peanut butter and banana pound cake with nutella glaze diet. And say to hell with it all!
Alli says
Peanut butter pound cake … are you kidding? I am thinking about a reason to make this and justify having it for breakfast!
The Blue-Eyed Bakers says
Why would you want to stop with the Nutella!? This cake sounds amazing…you’re combining our favorite flavors!
Erin says
I would love to think about anything with this cake in front of me. Then again I probably wouldn’t be thinking about anything else.
d.liff @ yelleBELLYboo says
Nothing about this cake sounds bad! I really need to buy a bundt pan – it’s on my list!
what katie's baking says
i’ve yet to bake with nutella yet… but the fact that your husband doesn’t like cake, but does like this one is realllllllyyy making me want to use it.
should i do it? because it seems lethal… lol
Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 says
Oooh, I love all three of those flavors. I bet they are amazing together.
The Teenage Taste says
Mmmm…this looks amazing! If only I hadn’t given up Nutella for Lent. ๐
Rebekah @ Making Miracles says
Mmmm… saving this one – it looks delicious! ๐
brandi says
yeah, i have the same problem with my husband. he’ll eat an entire batch of cookies in 2 days and LOSE weight. I do not understand.
And nutella is addicting!