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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.
Nutrition Information:
One of the original photos, for posterity’s sake: 
Rivki Locker (Ordinary Blogger) says
I came across this recipe on Pinterest and am so glad I did. I’m with your husband on this one – anything with peanuts, nutella and bananas has GOT to be good. Don’t stop baking with Nutella!!!
Monica says
Omg. This cake was so moist and sooo addictive even with 100%whole wheat flour. A keeper in my recipe box for sure. Btw: I baked it for 75 min
Stacy Barca says
I am going to make this cake – yum!!!! For my husband’s 50th birthday!!!
Jenee says
Help! I made this today and followed the instructions to a T, however the inside was not done after 80 minutes of baking. I ended up taking it out because I didn’t want the outside to be crusty. I noticed some air holes in it too. I’m not an avid baker, but I thought I could follow instructions fairly well! LOL! What did I do wrong?
P.S. It still tasted WONDERFUL even with a mushy middle! 🙂
slntrprtr says
so, I just found this. and baked it. and am typing with one hand on the keyboard and one hand firmly gripping my fork. de-li-cious. thank you! ( I did add walnuts on the top, and pb and choc chips in the cake mix, but that’s just me! :}) again, thank you!
Elizabeth Ann says
umm. . . YOU ARE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE! 🙂 This looks amazing! 🙂 I’m your newest follower! 🙂
Justin The Eruption says
Ha the internet loves nutella almost as much as it loves bacon.
grace says
men and their metabolisms make me sick…but not too sick to enjoy a second helping of dessert. 🙂
tasty cake, karly!
Dalila G. says
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Totally delicious recipe!
I love bundt cake, I love peanut butter, I love bananas, I love nutella….all combined is to die for! 🙂
Thanks for this awesome looking cake recipe, plan on having it on Easter along with the other desserts.
Yes, I agree that it is NOT fair men stay the same weight and us goddesses gain all the weight!
Have a super evening!
kelsey says
i just made this cake thank you so much!! its in the oven baking now as i type this, cant wait to try it me and my husband are sweet freaks
Lucy @The Sweet Touch says
Mmmm, simply decadent! Thanks for sharing!
Holly says
YUMMMMMY!!:) Love Nutella and bananas together:)
Cookbook Queen says
See, you eat pound cake and have to buy new pants….I THINK about pound cake and gain ten pounds. So thanks…I’m pretty much fat just from this post.
I am loving your Nutella posts!! Never ever stop.
Karly says
Susan,
Whoops! It gets mixed in with the Nutella glaze. 🙂
Karly
Kristina says
YUMMY! Was wondering where the other 1/4 cup of Peanut butter was used….maybe swirled in the batter like the nutella? Or mixed in the glaze?