"Recipe With Everyday Ingredients"
Easy Banana Upside Down Cake
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Recipe Description
There is something magical about bananas: sweet, tender, and rich in flavor. But, when you combine them with cake, the explosion of flavor will make you come back for a second slice.
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 45mins
Serves or Makes: 8
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ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 bananas
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup whole milk
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter generously a 9 -by 2-inch round cake pan.
Step 2
In a small bowl stir together well ½ stick of the butter, melted, and the brown sugar and spread the mixture evenly in the prepared pan. Arrange the banana slices over the brown sugar mixture.
Step 3
Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer cream, the remaining one stick of butter, softened, with the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the eggs, one at the time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture in batches alternately with the milk
Step 4
Pour the batter into the pan, spreading it evenly, and bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, run a thin knife around the edge, and invert the cake into a plate.