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