Buttermilk Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Icing

Use up those bananas with this amazing moist buttermilk banana bread recipe. Drizzle it with some cream cheese icing or leave it plain. Either way, we think it’s the BEST EVER banana bread!

Recipe for Buttermilk Banana Bread

Ingredients you’ll need for this yummy recipe:

Together, buttermilk and bananas make the most amazing banana nut bread -that is, if you like walnuts. If not, just omit them and you’ll still get amazing results.

Here are all the ingredients you’ll need for the banana bread:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 large mashed bananas -overripe is best, or here is how to ripen bananas

How to mix up this banana bread recipe with buttermilk

Step One: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together in a medium sized bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and walnuts. Set the bowl aside.

Step Two: Using a whisk or electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Then mix in the egg. Add in the buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed bananas.

Step 3: Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing banana bread from the pan.

Drizzle on cream cheese icing if you’d like!

Although completely optional, cream cheese icing makes this buttermilk banana bread even more yummy!

How to Make Cream Cheese Icing:

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 1/8 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted

Instructions for cream cheese icing

Beat together the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth and spreadable. Place the icing in a cake  decorating bag with icing tip and drizzle over the completely cooled banana bread. Or, simply spread some on with a knife.

Can this banana bread recipe be frozen?

Absolutely! This recipe freezes incredibly well. I would freeze it without the icing and frost it before you are ready to serve. Just make sure you put it in an air tight container, zip loc bag, or wrapped well in plastic wrap before you put it in the freezer.

This quick bread recipe can also be baked in mini loaf pans.

There are all kinds of cute mini loaf pans now, and this recipe can be baked in them as well. Just reduce the baking time accordingly.

Other quick bread recipes you might be interested in:

• Pumpkin bread with cake mix
• Banana bread with peanut butter and chocolate chips
• This strawberry bread is always a big hit!
• Apple banana bread
• Eggless banana bread

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This recipe was inspired by a post & recipe from The House of Smiths.

(Original post updated April, 2021.)