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Spring Bundt™ Cake

Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

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Let your dessert table blossom with a beautiful new addition! Spring Bundt™ Cake is in full bloom with its bounty of bananas. The moist, yellow cake is baked Bundt-style, separated, then layered and topped with a cream cheese frosting. There's even a little blanket of ripe banana slices and crushed Nilla® Wafer crumbs on top to add a little extra spring sweetness. Fluttering with freshness, Spring Bundt Cake is an awakening of incredible banana taste. 'Tis the season of bringing your dessert menu back to life!

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Ingredients

  • For the cake:
  • 1 (13.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 1 (3.4-ounce) box vanilla pudding
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup water
  • For the frosting:
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, room temperature
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 banana, sliced into coins
  • 1/2 cup Nilla wafers, crushed

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Coat a 10-inch Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 3 -In a large bowl, add the cake mix, the pudding mix, the eggs, 1/2 cup of the melted butter, and the water and whisk to combine.

Step 4 -Pour the cake batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Step 5 -Place the Bundt pan on a wire rack and let the cake cool, about 10 minutes.

Step 6 -Run a knife around the edges of the cake, then invert it onto the wire rack. Let it cool completely.

Step 7 -In a large bowl, add the heavy cream and beat with an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.

Step 8 -In another large bowl, add the cream cheese and the remaining softened butter and beat until no lumps remain.

Step 9 -Add the confectioners' sugar to the cream cheese-butter mixture and beat until it is smooth.

Step 10 -Add the vanilla extract to the frosting and beat to combine.

Step 11 -Fold the whipped heavy cream into the frosting until it is just combined.

Step 12 -Cut the cake in half horizontally.

Step 13 -Place the bottom half of the cake on a serving plate and spread 1/2 of the frosting over the inside of the bottom cake layer.

Step 14 -Add 1/2 of the banana slices and 1/2 of the crushed wafers in a single layer over the frosting.

Step 15 -Place the top half of the cake over the banana-wafer layer and spread the remaining frosting on top.

Step 16 -Add the remaining banana slices and the remaining crushed wafers in a single layer over the frosting.

Step 17 -Slice and serve.

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