Upside down Caramel Banana Cake. If bits of caramel or banana stick to the bottom of the pan, scrape them off and place them back onto the cake. This cake tastes incredible with its combination of bananas and caramel drenched cake. Turn your life upside down with these sweet, delicious upside down caramel banana cake.

Upside down Caramel Banana Cake

Banana bread was always a staple in my mom's kitchen when I was growing up. Then, about a year ago, I decided to play with the idea of a banana upside-down cake, topped with banana slices and salted caramel, which both soaks into the cake and drips all around it when the pan is inverted. The brown sugar and butter on top caramelize beautifully, creating a gooey coating that is to die for! You can have Upside down Caramel Banana Cake using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Upside down Caramel Banana Cake

  1. You need of Cake.
  2. Prepare 1 of Banana, very ripe, mashed.
  3. It’s 1 pinch of Baking soda.
  4. Prepare 2 tbsp of Sour cream.
  5. It’s 1 1/2 cup of Self rising flour.
  6. You need 1 3/4 cup of Superfine sugar, heaped.
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Ground cinnamon.
  8. It’s 1/4 tsp of Ground nutmeg.
  9. Prepare 6 1/2 tbsp of Salted Butter, room temperature.
  10. It’s 1 tsp of Pure vanilla extract.
  11. You need 2 of Eggs, room temperature.
  12. You need of Carmel topping.
  13. You need 2 tbsp of Butter.
  14. Prepare 2/3 cup of Brown sugar, packed.
  15. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of Maple syrup.
  16. It’s 4 large of Bananas, just riped, sliced diagonally.

Not to mention, while baking, it oozes up the sides and you can see the scrumptious caramel bubbling, try to contain your excitement. A whole wheat banana upside down bread baked in a loaf pan and topped with extra caramel sauce. I was just craving something cakey…something caramelly (like that truly magnificent Whole Wheat Pear Upside Down Gingerbread Cake with Caramel Sauce) I noticed the stash of bananas in. Bananas, brown sugar and pecans are baked under a banana cake mix.

Upside down Caramel Banana Cake step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9 inch round cake pan..
  2. Topping: in a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, then add sugar and syrup, cook for 3 minutes..
  3. Pour caramel sauce into cake pan to coat..
  4. Sift flour and spices together in a bowl..
  5. In a separate bowl, mix sour cream, baking soda, and mashed banana together. Set a side and let sit for 3 minutes..
  6. Cream butter and confectioner's sugar with mixer for 5 minutes until light and fluffy..
  7. Add vanilla extract and then eggs one at a time, mixing for 1 min after each egg..
  8. Add flour mixture to butter, mix with a wooden spoon until just combined. Then add banana mixture, mix well..
  9. Carefully arrange banana slices in cake pan, starting from the outside. Make sure to overlap the bananas as you go around in a circle, working your way towards the middle..
  10. Carefully pour cake batter into cake pan, smooth the top to spread evenly..
  11. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes until done..
  12. Let cool for 3 minutes before running a knife around the rim to loosen the sides. Invert cake onto a plate. Leave for a minute before removing pan..
  13. Pairs nicely with clotted cream, ice cream or with a little sprinkling of sea salt on top of carmel!.

The pans are then inverted so the bananas end up on top! Turn cakes upside down on a platter or plate, gently tap bottom and carefully remove pans, replacing caramel mixture that sticks to pan. Moist sour cream cake topped with bananas and a thick caramel sauce. The cake is made upside-down, then flipped over after baking. This delicious Banana Upside Down Cake has rich flavor thanks to mashed bananas in the batter and a layer of banana slices in caramel sauce on top.