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, ...

This homemade butterscotch frosting is rich, smooth, and made with dark brown sugar, butter, and cream. It comes together in about 20 minutes and spreads beautifully on cakes and cupcakes.