Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake
Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake is a delicious combination of caramelized bananas and a flavorful Caribbean rum cake. It's the perfect summertime dessert.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup light rum
Caramelized Bananas
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2-3 bananas, sliced (enough to cover bottom of 9" round cake pan)
- ½-3/4 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" cake pan with high sides with butter. Cut parchment paper the size of the cake pan and set it in the bottom. Butter this as well.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add vanilla extract and blend again.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Pour in buttermilk and rum and mix until smooth. Set aside.
- In a medium skillet, melt ¼ cup butter over medium heat. Add ½ cup brown sugar and stir while bringing to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 4 minutes until it begins to caramelize.
- Pour the caramelized mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Place bananas on top then sprinkle in pecans. Carefully pour cake batter over the bananas and even out the top. NOTE: If your cake pan does not have high sides, remove about ½-3/4 cup batter before pouring it into the cake pan. This will prevent the cake from running over the sides.
- Place in the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
- To invert: place a plate over the pan and, holding the plate tightly against the pan, turn the rum cake over onto the plate. Remove the parchment paper and allow the cake to cool.
