Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

My mum is into healthy living recently after her Chang Mai detox program. They have learn to have fruits before meal. Thus one day she bought a whole bunch of Plantain Banana for us. I have yogurt cream cheese with jam and banana for breakfast. Soon all the banana turn too ripe that I've decided to bake Banana Cake since plantain banana is best used for baking. This banana has a firm texture and a mild flavor, similar to a squash, the flesh of this banana contains less sugar but more starch than other varieties.

Too bad there's no pictures of my baking. But Kenneth and my colleagues all said it's good. I did some variation to this recipe with less sugar and adding cinnamon to it. Below is the original recipe from http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2006/07/banana-cake-recipe.html

Ingredient:
125g butter, softened (if using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt with the flour)
330g (1 1/2 cups) sugar
280g very ripe, mashed banana
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
100ml buttermilk
225g self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method:
Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius fan-forced. If you don't have a fan-forced oven, preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and line a 22cm diameter springform pan.

Place butter, sugar, banana, vanilla and eggs in a food processor.

Process for about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of processor. Add buttermilk and pulse to combine.

Sift flour, salt (if using) and bicarbonate of soda together into a large bowl. Add flour mixture to food processor and process until just combined.

Pour batter into prepared tin.

Bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer or knife inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Leave cake to cool on a wire rack.

Spread cooled cake with cream cheese icing. Store cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Cream Cheese Icing
90g cream cheese, softened
45g butter, softened
210g (1 2/3 cups) icing sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice

Beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add lemon juice and beat to combine. Spread icing over top and sides of cooled cake.