Jamaican Banana Cake With Broiled Topping Recipes

JAMAICAN BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter. Add dry ingredients, bananas, and buttermilk. Mix slightly. Add eggs and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Fold in walnuts.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake for about 35 minutes or until very well browned and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. When cool, prepare topping.
• Coconut Topping: Set oven to broil.
• Mix butter, sugar, and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts.
• Add coconut and walnuts.
• Pour and spread over cooled cake.
• Place under broiler (not too close) and broil for 2 to 3 minutes or just until coconut begins to brown. Cool.

JAMAICAN BANANA CAKE WITH BROILED TOPPING

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350ºF. Spray a 13x9-inch pan with no-stick flour spray.
• CREAM butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs in large bowl until creamy and slightly fluffy. Add milk, bananas, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat at low speed of electric mixer until blended, scraping bowl constantly. Beat at medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in nuts. Pour into prepared pan.
• BAKE for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes.
• SET oven to broil. Combine butter, brown sugar and milk in small saucepan. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly about 2 minutes, or until shortening melts. Stir in coconut and nuts. Spread over warm cake. Broil 4 inches from heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown, watching carefully. Cool completely.

BANANA CAKE WITH CRUNCHY TOPPING

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add in mashed bananas and sour milk.
• Mix by hand 300 strokes or in a mixer at low speed for 2 minutes.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Beat for 1 minute on low speed or by hand 150 strokes.
• Spread into an 8x10 inch pan or 9x9 inch pan that is greased only on the bottom Bake at 375 degrees for 35-42 minutes.
• While the cake is cooking prepare crunchy topping.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add coconut and nuts.
• Remove cake from oven and turn dial to broil.
• Spread crunchy topping (I usually make 1 and a half times the topping recipe) over hot cake and broil until sugar is bubbly and topping is browned (Approximatley 3 minutes).

APPLESAUCE OATMEAL CAKE WITH BROILED COCONUT TOPPING

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, heat applesauce to boiling over medium-high heat. Stir in oats and let stand 20 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottom & sides of 9-inch square pan with shortening.
• In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla and eggs until fluffy.
• Beat in applesauce mixture just until mixed.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, scraping bowl once, just until blended.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix all topping ingredients until well blended. Spread topping over hot cake. Broil cake with top 6 inches from heat 1 to 2 minutes or until top is golden and bubbly.
• Cool 30 minutes.
• Serve warm.