Sharing a fantastic sheet cake recipe today! My Caramel Banana Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake is perfect for your upcoming parties, family gatherings and brunch!
An Easy Sheet Cake Recipe!
Sheet cake is such a great dessert to feed a crowd. The half sheet size pan is large and can easily serve 24. Convenient, sweet and a crowd pleaser!
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What You’ll Need
- salted butter– For most of my baking I use salted butter, but unsalted butter works just fine here too.
- granulated sugar– Granulated sugar is a fine sugar commonly used in baking/cookie recipes.
- sour cream– Find sour cream in the dairy section of the grocery store. It keeps the cake soft and moist.
- ripe bananas– When your bananas turn spotted brown, they’re perfect for baking.
- pure vanilla extract- When shopping for vanilla, look for the pure vanilla extract for best tasting results.
- all-purpose flour- All-purpose flour is the main dry ingredient in this cookie recipe.
- baking soda– Baking soda helps the cake rise.
- kosher salt– Kosher salt is a coarse salt commonly used in cooking and baking.
- Oreo Cookies– Find Oreo Cookies in the cookie isle of the grocery store.
- powdered sugar– Also referred to confectioners sugar. You’ll use this sugar to make the icing.
- heavy cream– Heavy cream is used to help make the icing for the cake.
How To Make Sheet Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a half sheet baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place butter, sugar, sour cream into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat until well combined. Add, mashed bananas, mixing until well combined. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and crushed Oreos, mixing until well combined. Transfer to prepared baking pan, spreading evenly. Drizzle prepared caramel sauce over top of cake and run a knife through to swirl through. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until baked through. Remove from oven and prepare icing.
- To prepare icing, place powdered sugar into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle in heavy cream whisking to combine. Whisk until thin, you may need to drizzle in more heavy cream until a nice drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle icing over warm cake and spread evenly. Top with finely crushed Oreo crumbs and let cool before serving.
Once batter has been prepared, stir in Oreo Cookie crumbs.
Gently stir batter just until combined.
Transfer batter to prepared half sheet baking pan, spreading evenly.
Drizzle prepared caramel over top of batter. Trader Joe’s has an awesome salted caramel sauce I love to use.
Take a knife and run through caramel sauce swirling into sheet cake. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until baked through. Check by sticking a tooth pick in center of cake to make sure it comes clean.
While cake is still warm prepare icing and drizzle over hot cake. Spread evenly.
Top with additional Oreo Cookie crumbs.
Cut banana cake into squares and serve room temperature or warmed in the microwave.
How To Serve Banana Sheet Cake
Serve squares room temperature or warmed in the microwave for 15 seconds or so. Top with vanilla ice cream if desired too.
How To Store Leftovers
Store leftover squares of cake in the refrigerator covered with foil or plastic wrap for up to 3 days.
Caramel Banana Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake
Equipment
- Oven
- half sheet pan
- Bowl
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- whisk
- mixing spoon
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/4 cups mashed bananas about 3 large ripe bananas
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 Oreo Cookies crushed
- 1 cup prepared caramel sauce
Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream maybe a couple drizzles more
- 3 Oreo Cookies finely crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a half sheet baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place butter, sugar, sour cream into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat until well combined. Add, mashed bananas, mixing until well combined. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and crushed Oreos, mixing until well combined. Transfer to prepared baking pan, spreading evenly. Drizzle prepared caramel sauce over top of cake and run a knife through to swirl through. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until baked through. Remove from oven and prepare icing.
- To prepare icing, place powdered sugar into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle in heavy cream whisking to combine. Whisk until thin, you may need to drizzle in more heavy cream until a nice drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle icing over warm cake and spread evenly. Top with finely crushed Oreo crumbs and let cool before serving.
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This looks so good! Is it possible to make this without banana? I love the idea of the cookies and cream part of this cake, but don’t love the taste of banana. Would it be possible to leave out the banana or substitute it for something else? Thank you!
Hi Channing, I haven’t tested the cake without the banana, so I can’t say it would turn out like it should. I have a classic Texas Sheet Cake recipe you might like. You could add crushed Oreo Cookie to the top of the icing as it sets.
I don’t have the words to describe this tasty cake. It is just simply amazing and yummy.