Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes

My love affair with ooey gooey butter cake is well-documented here, here and here.  I love it and I’m not ashamed.  And I’ll probably keep coming up with more versions as long as there’s a semi-creative bone in my body!  Hope you guys don’t mind.  Actually I know you won’t mind once you taste this Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cake.  It. Is. Divine.  Literally like a banana split in cake form and so, so, SO good.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

 

Banana Split Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
 
Ingredients
Cake
  • 1, 18.25 oz. Box Yellow Cake Mix
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ c. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
  • 1 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
Filling
  • 1, 8 oz. pkg. Cream Cheese, softened
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1, 16 oz. Box (3¾ c.) Powdered Sugar
  • ½ c. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
  • 2 Ripe Bananas, mashed (not brown ripe like for banana bread and not green...just nice and yellow)
  • 1 c. Maraschino Cherries
  • 1 c. Pecans, toasted and chopped
  • 8 oz. Pineapple Tidbits
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
For the Cake
  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, egg, butter and vanilla on medium speed until well combined. Pat into the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.
For the Filling
  1. Still using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat in mashed bananas. Dump in the powdered sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well. Beat in cherries, pecans and pineapple tidbits until just combined. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Bake for 45 minutes or until filling is firm in the middle.
Notes
Makes 18 pieces.

 

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