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Caramelized Banana Upside Down Cake
Caramelized Banana Upside Down Cake. This is such an easy and moist cake that you would want to make it again and again I promise! Its sort of an elevated version of banana bread. The caramelized bananas just take it to another level in taste and looks. Very hard to resist!
Total Time:
Prep time 20 mins
Baking time 30 mins
Total time 50 mins
Equipment:
8 x 8 inch square or round pan
Ingredients:
Caramel
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
Cake
1 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
2 very ripe bananas 3 ripe bananas (5 total)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
some butter for greasing pan
METHOD:
Grease sides of pan with butter or oil and set aside
Preheat oven to 350 F
Make Caramel. Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan, heat on medium heat till it turns golden brown (take off heat immediately when it starts turning color, so it does not burn)
Immediately Pour the caramel in the bottom of the pan and swirl it around till the bottom surface is covered, set aside
Cut your 3 ripe bananas into slices. ( I cut diagonal slices) and arrange them at the bottom of the pan in one layer over the caramel and set aside
Make the cake batter.
Sift your dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and set aside
mix the oil and sugars till nicely combined
slightly beat the eggs and add to mixture
add vanilla, sour cream and mix
mash the 2 over ripe bananas with a fork and add them to the mixture
scrape down the sides of the bowl when needed
add your dry ingredients and mix till just combined
stir in the chopped walnuts
transfer mixture to pan and bake till a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean (around 30 mins)
Run a knife around the sides of pan to loosen the cake
Place your serving dish on top of the pan and flip cake over
Best served warm with vanilla ice cream
Enjoy!
