Caramelized Banana Upside Down Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: one 9" round cake
 
Ingredients
  • FOR THE CARAMELIZED BANANA BASE:
  • 6 tablespoons Butter
  • ¾ cup Brown Sugar(packed)
  • 3-4 ripe to semi-ripe Bananas
  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2 cups Flour (all-purpose)
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ cup (1 stick) Butter, browned
  • ⅔ cup Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2 Ripe Bananas
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CARAMELIZED BANANA BASE:
  2. In a small saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar together. Turn the heat up to medium high and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil for 30-60 seconds, or until the mixture becomes thick and glossy - There should be no separation of butter and sugar.
  3. Pour the mixture into a 9" cake pan with sides that have been greased and floured.
  4. Tilt to evenly coat the bottom of the pan.
  5. Slice the bananas in half lengthwise and lay as many as you can fit, cut side down, over the layer of caramel. Set aside.
  6. FOR THE CAKE:
  7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  8. Place the flour, sugars, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
  9. Add the egg, browned butter, milk, and vanilla to a blender and blend until the banana is broken down - not completely smooth but so that there are only very small lumps. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk in just until smooth.
  10. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, over the banana and caramel. Tap a few times to move batter around bananas and bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until puffed and firm on top and a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  11. Remove from oven - immediately and very carefully flip out onto a serving platter. Let cool sightly. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe by The Kitchen McCabe at https://www.thekitchenmccabe.com/2022/04/07/caramelized-banana-upside-down-cake/