Friday, December 9, 2011

Upside Down Banana Cake

This is one of the best I've ever tried.the cake rises well and is moist and fluffy.
The combination of bananas and cinnamon goes really well.
i made it when my sister-in-law and her family came to our house.Everyone loved it.My sister-in-law praised me for it many times.And even Mr.Hubby who doesn't really likes cake ate them.
Do try them.And please buy those big Del Monte bananas. 


Ingredients:
3 big ripe bananas
8 tbsp unsalted butter + 2 tbsp for caramelization
2/3 cup light brown sugar (don't press it down to measure)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tbsp vanilla extract




  1. Slice your bananas about 1/4" each then toss the bananas with lime.
  2. Caramalize your baking pan.Take your 9" baking pan and put it on heat.Put in your brown sugar,cinnamon and 2 tbs of butter.Stir unti everything is melted.
  3. With the mixture melted,spread it all over the bottom and place the sliced bananas on top.
  4. Press down each slice you added.
  5. Preheat your oven at 180 C.
  6. Then sift flour,baking powder and soda bicarbonate.Put aside.
  7. In a mixture beat your butter until light and fluffy.then add your sugar slowly.scrape the sides of your mixture.Then add the eggs one at a time.When it has incorporated slow down your speed and add your sour cream.
  8. Add 1 tsp of vanilla to the batter.Mix them well.
  9. Add your sifted flour into the batter and gently fold the mixture.When the batter is thick and incorporated it is done.Don't over do it.
  10. Spread it on your bananas.
  11. Bake for about 40mins.leave it to cool a bit before turning it upside down.

For the method do watch it from this Dulce Delights page.Awesome video!



*I'm not sure why my caramel turned out to be darker than the original recipe.Maybe it was the brown sugar.But its superbly delicious.Everyone loved it!
If you don't like it to be too sweet you can put less sugar in it.


Look how the caramel runs into the cake.

A slice will not be enough.Believe me!
~Bon appetite~


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