Would you believe me if I told you these bananas were actually Banana Bread Cake Pops? Don’t they look so scrumptious and realistic? That’s because they are! I surprised my twins with these for their birthday, and they couldn’t believe they were actually cake until they bit into them!
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These banana bread cake pops use my absolutely yummy banana cake recipe with a browned butter frosting and then they are dipped into yellow candy melts! It’s really that simple!
Banana Bread Cake Pops
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They taste even better than they look! This is the sweetest fruit you’ll ever eat!
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Banana Bread Cake Pops
Ingredients
Banana Cake
- ¾ cup mashed bananas
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- ⅓ cup butter softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup butter milk
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup crushed walnuts optional
- 1 bag yellow candy melts
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
Frosting
- 1 stick of butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 8 oz cream cheese
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 lbs powdered sugar
Instructions
Banana Cake
- Preheat oven to Fahrenheit 350°
- Grease a 9×13 casserole dish
- Set aside
- Soak overripe frozen, or fresh bananas in lemon juice
- Set aside
- Beat butter and sugars until creamy
- Add eggs one at a time until well mixed, then add vanilla
- Add ½ flour, soda and salt
- Mix until combined
- Add half of the buttermilk and mix until combined
- Add remaining flour and mix until combined
- Finish with remaining buttermilk and mix until combined
- Stir in bananas and nuts (optional)
- Pour into casserole dish and spread evenly
- Bake at Fahrenheit 350° for 45 minutes until cake springs back to the touch
- Remove from oven and let cool completely
Finalè
- When cake is cooled move cake into a large bowl, it's okay to break it up
- Add frosting to the bowl and mix together with cake until mixture is spongy
- Mold cake into banana shapes and place on a flat sheet
- Freeze overnight until firm
- After banana cake pops are frozen, melt 1 large package of yellow candy melts until smooth
- Dip bananas into yellow candy melts
- Transfer to wax paper to dry
- Melt chocolate chips and use a toothpick to add brown banana spots
- Let dry 1 -2 hours until chocolate has completely set up
Frosting
- In a medium saucepan over medium high heat melt butter until browned and beginning to smell fragrant
- Turn off heat and add maple syrup and vanilla
- Allow to cool to room temperature
- Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy
- While mixing, add brown butter mixture and mix until thoroughly combined
- Add powdered sugar in batches and whip until creamy and thick
Shaping the Cake Into Bananas
It’s not super hard, just look at a real banana as your guide and then make it look like that!
I started with a log shape, and then squeezed both the ends to make a point.
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How to Tell Banana Bread Cake Pops Apart from Real Bananas?
Can you tell the difference?
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Trick Your Friends Into Eating Cake Bananas Instead of Real Bananas!
If you make banana cake pops, tag @Fahrenheit350sweets on Instagram so I can see it! And I’d love it if you left a review and a comment below!