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Here is a simple banana bundt cake recipe using a cake mix that is easy and delicious.
Rod just finished a slice with ice cream and declared it “one of the best” banana cakes ever; hearty praise from a true cake lover!
This adapted the recipe from The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! (affiliate link) by Anne Byrn
Recipe Notes
I made a few changes to the original recipe to lighten it up and make it a little more Weight Watchers friendly.
I omitted the additional 1/4 cup of sugar called for since cake mixes are plenty sweet for us. I also replaced the sour cream with plain non-fat Greek yogurt and increased it by 1/4 cup and decreased the oil by 1/4 cup.
I also added 2 tablespoons of flour which is a trick my mother learned from her Home Economics teacher decades ago to help cake mix cakes be less crumbly.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Simple Banana Bundt Cake?
With a light dusting of confectioner’s sugar, each slice has just 229 calories.
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(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
9 SmartPoints (Green plan)
8 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
8 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
6 PointsPlus (Old plan)
When baking banana breads and banana cakes, it is important to use really overripe bananas with lots of dark brown spots for the best flavor.
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Simple Banana Bundt Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil spray for coating the pan
- Flour for dusting the pan
- 1 cup mashed bananas from 2 or 3 very ripe bananas
- 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow cake mix
- 2 tablespoons flour (optional)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup plain or vanilla non-fat Greek yogurt
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (6 ounces) miniature chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoon confectioners’ sugar, for dusting on top
Instructions
- Position an a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350F degrees. Lightly mist a bundt pan (affiliate link) with vegetable oil spray. Dust with flour, shake out the excess flour and set the pan aside.
- In a large mixing bowl (affiliate link), combine the mashed bananas, cake mix, flour (if using), oil, yogurt, eggs and vanilla.
- Beat with an electric mixer (affiliate link) on low speed until the ingredients are incorporated, about 30 seconds.
- Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula (affiliate link). Beat on medium speed until the mixture lightens and is smooth, about 1-1/2 minutes longer.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Smooth out the top with a rubber spatula (affiliate link).
- Bake the cake until is deeply golden brown on top and the top springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 50 to 55 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a long sharp knife along the edges of the pan. Shake the pan to loosen the cake and then invert it onto the rack.
- While the cake is still warm, sift the confectioners sugar over the top so that it melts to form a glaze.
- Let the cake cool for 20 minutes, then slice and serve while still a little warm.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 9 SmartPoints (Green plan) 8 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 8 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 6 PointsPlus (Old plan) I made a few changes to the original recipe to lighten it up and make it a little more Weight Watchers friendly. I omitted the additional 1/4 cup of sugar called for since cake mixes are plenty sweet for us. Replaced the sour cream with plain non-fat Greek yogurt and increased it by 1/4 cup and decreased the oil by 1/4 cup. I also added 2 tablespoons of flour which is a trick my mother learned from her Home Economics teacher decades ago to help cake mix cakes be less crumbly.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: adapted from The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! (affiliate link) by Anne Byrn.
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How about if you change the oil to unsweetened applesauce-
This would reduce the amount of points also!
3/4 cup of yogurt?
Yes, Joyce, 3/4 cup yogurt. Good catch! Thanks. I’ve updated the recipe.
Great recipe! Instead of flour in the pan I dusted it with cinnamon and sugar.
I love banana cake. My friends bought some banana cake in some store and taste like heaven. I am planning to make my own banana cake to share with my friends and surprise them that I can also do that heaven taste banana cake. LOL. I hope that your recipe will help me out of this.
I came straight over when I saw that you had just posted a banana cake recipe. I’m glad I did because this looks outstanding and easy, which is what I like 🙂 May have to do this for Thanksgiving as an alternative to ‘everything pumpkin’!
Oh this looks yummy! Thank you for the recipe.
I’ve seen the cookbooks you mention and her recipes are awesome. So far I’ve just drooled on the pages a little, but not really tried any of the recipes. 🙂