There is something magical about bananas: sweet, tender, and rich in flavor. But, when you combine them with cake, the explosion of flavor will make you come back for a second slice. As you know, I ...

Skip banana bread and make Ina Garten’s banana cake with overripe bananas. The Barefoot Contessa cake recipe is easy to follow. And, unlike banana bread, it has cream cheese frosting. For some, ...

Mascarpone is an Italian cheese that's superrich, delicate and creamy. Here, it's simply blended with confectioners' sugar to create a sublime, snow-white frosting. For the best results, try to buy ...

This cake is friendly to substitutes (see Substitutions, below). Bananas stand in for eggs, both binding the batter and giving it body — use bananas whose peels have gone mostly black for the best ...