Killer Upside Down Banana Walnut Cake Recipes

BANANA-WALNUT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• For topping: Preheat oven to 325F.
• Combine sugar and butter in medium saucepan.
• Stir over low heat until butter melts and mixture is well blended.
• Pour into 9-inch diameter cake pan.
• Spread to coat bottom of pan.
• Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture.
• Sprinkle nuts evenly over.
• Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly, and covering bottom.
• For cake: Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl to blend.
• Beat sugar and butter in another bowl until creamy.
• Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in 3 additions.
• Spoon batter over bananas.
• Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Transfer cake to rack.
• Run knife around pan sides.
• Cool cake on rack 25 minutes.
• Place cake plate over pan; invert cake.
• Let stand 3 minutes, then gently lift off pan.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.

BANANA WALNUT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter melts and mixture is well blended. Pour into 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides. Spread to coat bottom of pan. Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture. Sprinkle nuts evenly over. Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly and covering bottom.
• For cake:
• Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl to blend. Beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in 3 additions. Spoon batter over bananas. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer cake to rack. Run knife around pan sides. Cool cake on rack 30 minutes. Place plate over pan; invert cake. Let stand 3 minutes, then gently lift off pan. Serve warm with whipped cream.

BANANA WALNUT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter and divide between two 1-cup ramekins. Sprinkle brown sugar and walnuts over butter. Cut banana into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange over walnuts, overlapping and pressing lightly to fit.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cardamom, and a pinch salt. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat together remaining tablespoon butter and granulated sugar until combined well. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined and beat in flour mixture until batter is just combined. Divide batter between ramekins and bake on a baking sheet in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Run a sharp knife around edges of ramekins and invert cakes onto plates.

KILLER UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease a 9-inch round cake pan (make certain to spray the bottom of the pan generously with non-stick cooking spray).
• For the topping: in a heavy-bottom saucepan combine sugar and butter; stir over low heat until butter melts and the mixture is well blended.
• Pour into cake pan, and spread to coat the bottom of the pan.
• Drizzle the maple syrup over the butter/sugar mixture, then sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Place the long banana slices in concentric circles on top of the nuts, overlapping slightly but covering the bottom.
• For the cake: stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat in sugar and butter in another bowl until creamy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in egg and vanilla; beat until smooth, light and fluffy.
• beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.
• Spoon the batter over the bananas in the pan.
• Bake for about 50-55 minutes, or until cakes tests done.
• Transfer cake to a rack and run a knife around the sides of the pan.
• Cool cake for 30 minutes.
• Place a plate over pan and invert onto plate.
• Let stand 3 minutes upside-down with plate on top, then gently lift off pan.
• Serve with whipped cream.

CARAMEL-WALNUT UPSIDEDOWN BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• For topping:
• Spray 8-inch round cake pan with 2-inch-high sides with nonstick spray. Bring butter, sugar, and corn syrup to boil in medium saucepan, stirring constantly until butter melts. Boil syrup 1 minute. Stir in nuts. Spread topping in prepared pan. Let topping cool completely.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift first 4 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in large bowl until blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then mashed bananas, sour cream, rum, and vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients in 2 additions just until combined. Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Cut around cake. Place platter over pan. Holding pan and platter together, turn over. Let stand 5 minutes, then gently lift off pan. Cool at least 15 minutes for topping to set. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 14cm x 24cm loaf pan, and line the base and sides with baking paper.
• Making the topping: combine the butter and sugar in a small bowl and stir until the sugar has dissolved; spread this over the base of the pan; cut each banana into 9cm lengths, then cut each banana into four even slices; arrange the slices, cut-side facing downwards on top of the butter-sugar mixture.
• Making the cake: beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a small bowl (with an electric mixer if you have one) until light and fluffy; beat in the egg until it has combined with the mixture; transfer to a large bowl and stir in the mashed bananas; then gradually stir in the flour and the milk. Once the mixture is thoroughly combined, spoon it into the prepared pan on top of the banana slices.
• Cooking the cake: cook in a moderate (180°C) for one hour or until cooked when tested with a skewer; allow it to rest in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then turn it out onto an wire rack to cool.
• Serving the cake: the banana cake can be served warm or at room temperature. Serve with fresh cream or sweetened cream cheese (see SERVING SUGGESTIONS below).
• SERVING SUGGESTIONS: to serve the cake with sweetened cream cheese, beat 125g cream cheese with 2 tablespoons of icing sugar until the mixture is smooth, and serve in a separate bowl. Sprinkle the cake with slivered almonds.

CARAMEL-WALNUT UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Topping.
• Spray 8 inch round cake pan with 2 inch high sides with nonstick spray.
• Bring butter,sugar and corn syrup to boil in medium saucepan, stirring constantly until butter melts:boil for 1 minute.
• Stir in nuts;spread topping in prepared pan and let cool completely.
• Cake.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift first four ingredients into medium bowl.
• Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in large bowl until blended.
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then mashed bananas,sour cream,rum and vanilla.
• Beat in dry ingredients just until combined.
• Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Cool 15 minutes.
• Cut around cake and place platter over pan. Holding pan and platter together, turn over.
• Let stand 5 minutes then gently lift off pan.
• Cool at least 15 minutes for topping to set.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the topping: In an oven-safe 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, lemon juice and salt, and whisk until the brown sugar melts, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Let cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture starts to smell like caramel and darkens slightly, about 1 minute longer. (Don't walk away, or the mixture may burn.) The mixture will clump and separate, but that's OK.
• Add bananas and nuts, gently tossing to coat with the caramel. Remove from heat and arrange fruit into an even layer on bottom of skillet. Ignore any sugar clumps; they will dissolve during baking.
• Make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until thoroughly combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and whisk until well mixed. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt and baking soda into the batter, one at a time, and whisking vigorously after each addition.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy, but that's OK. Don't overmix. Scrape batter into the skillet over the fruit and spread evenly.
• Bake until surface is deeply browned all over (with darker brown edges) and the fruit is lightly bubbling around the sides of the skillet, about 35 to 45 minutes, rotating halfway through. A toothpick inserted into cake will come out clean.
• Once the cake is out of the oven, immediately run a butter knife or offset spatula around the edge of the skillet. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully invert cake into serving platter. If some fruit or nuts stick to bottom of skillet, gently remove them using an offset spatula or knife and place them back onto cake. Let the cake cool until the fruit topping sets, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour, before serving. Cake is best served on the day it is baked.

HOMEMADE BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 8-inch square cake pan.
• Prepare topping: Spread brown sugar on the bottom of the prepared pan and scatter butter pieces on top.
• Place the pan in the preheated oven until butter has melted, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and stir and spread mixture evenly on the bottom of the pan. Arrange sliced bananas to cover the bottom. Set aside.
• Prepare cake: Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl, set aside.
• Cream white sugar and softened butter together in a large bowl. Mix in eggs and vanilla until combined. Add mashed bananas and sour cream; mix to combine. Add dry ingredients on low speed and mix just until combined. Pour batter over banana slices in the pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pan completely, about 30 minutes, before inverting and slicing.

BANANA WALNUT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• toast walnuts.set aside to cool.
• combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter in heavy pan -- stir over low heat till butter melts -- and ingredients are well blended.
• pour into a 9" cake pan with 2" high sides --
• spead to coat the bottom of the pan --
• pour maple syrup over sugar mixture --
• sprinkle walnuts evenly over this.
• place banana slices in circles over the nuts, overlapping slightly, and covering the bottom --
• whisk dry ingredients to blend --
• in another bowl, beat sugar and butter in bowl and add to dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• spoon batter over bananas and bake for approximately 30 minutes --
• run a butter knife around sides --
• cool on rack for about 30 minutes.
• invert onto serving plate.leave pan on about 3 minutes.
• life off pan --
• serve warm with whipped topping if desired.

BANANA WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F In a large mixing bowl cream butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Mix mashed bananas and milk together.
• Blend dry ingredients into batter alternating with banana mixture. Stir in chopped nuts.
• Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round or square baking pans.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes, then turn out on racks until thoroughly cool. When ready to serve frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: In mixing bowl, stir cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread mixture between layers and around sides.