Surprise Banana Cake

• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Gather all ingredients.
2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch dish.
3. Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add bananas, flour, walnuts, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt; mix thoroughly.
4. Pour batter into the prepared dish.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean.
6. Cool completely, then frost as desired.