Banana Bread Upside Down Cake

Banana Bread Upside Down Cake INGREDIENTS Butter ½ cup + ½ cup

Sour Cream ½ cup

Granulated Sugar ½ cup

Banana 3 overripe + 4 ripe

Brown Sugar ½ cup + ¾ cup

Cinnamon 1 tsp

Vanilla Extract 2 tbsps

Baking Soda 1 tsp

Unbleached All Purpose Flour 1 ½ cups

Salt ½ tsp

Orange Liqueur 1 tbsp +2 tbsps

PREPARATION *the most important part of this recipe are the bananas -

Use a spatula in this step and make sure not to overwork the batter. If you should want to make

we recommend that you select over ripe

any additions to the recipe, now would be the

bananas with mostly brown spotting on

time. Some tasty varieties could include walnuts,

their skins for the batter of this recipe

chocolate chips, or raisins, as desired. When

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freeze the bananas prior to baking

everything is beautifully combined, cover and set

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when you’re ready to bake, allow the aside. bananas to thaw outside the freezer for Step 5 a about an hour

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Prepare a cake pan by melting the remaining ½

after this step, the bananas should be cup of butter and pouring it in, making sure all mushy and ready to squeeze or mash

surfaces are evenly coated. You can use a pastry

into the batter

brush in this step to distribute the butter along

Step 1

the walls of the pan. After the butter has been

Preheat the oven to 350°.

poured, carefully sprinkle the ¾ cup of brown

Step 2

sugar over it.

In a large bowl, cream together ½ cup of butter Step 6 and ½ cup of sugar. Then, combine with the Slice the 4 ripe bananas into thin strips as seen in eggs and vanilla extract.

the image below. Fan them face down in your

Step 3

preferred orientation, attempting to cover all

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking surface area and fill in gaps. If desired, stand soda, salt, and cinnamon. Making sure not to slices alo g the wall of the cake pan.

over mix, add the dry ingredients to the wet Step 7 mixture.

Pour the banana bread batter over the bananas

Step 4

and place in the oven for 50 to 65 minutes. Use a

Take the thawed bananas and remove the skin. toothpick and see that it comes out cleah to Mash them together well trying to get rid of any

ensure that it is fully cooked.

chunks that may interfere with the consistency Step 8 of the bread. Fold carefully into flour and egg Allow the cake to cool for 10 to 20 minute and mixture along with the sour cream and 1 then invert onto a cake dish. Serve warm and tablespoon of the orange liqueur.

enjoy