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    Bananas Foster Cake

    Published: Feb 11, 2023

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    This Bananas Foster Cake is a fun departure from traditional upside down cake. Rum, brown sugar, cinnamon, and bananas make for a tasty cake!

    Originally posted March 29, 2011. Updated 2/11/2023

    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.

    Woo! This entry makes two days in a row! Maybe I am not actually the laziest, worst blogger ever?

    Ok... it's probably too early to claim that.

    Whatever... I'll distract you from my inability to blog consistently with one of the best upside-down cake recipes ever. (Best goes to my Mango Mojito Upside Down Cake!)

    Bananas Foster is a favourite dessert - and flavour combination - of mine.

    You may have noticed, across my recipes for Bananas Foster Pavlova, Bananas Foster Caramel Popcorn, Bananas Foster Pralines, and Low Carb Bananas Foster Truffles!

    Obviously... there needed to be a cake recipe, also!

    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.

    Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake

    This cake received the cutest compliment ever. After presenting it at a Mensa convention in Chicago, the following was posted to my Facebook page:

    "When I saw your list of wedding cake flavors, I wanted to get married just so I could have one of your cakes, and I wasn't even dating anyone. And after I tasted the bananas foster cake, I went looking for someone."

    This recipe made its debut in our first cookbook, The Spirited Baker, and was also featured in the February issue of Plymouth Magazine.

    Its popularity is the reason that we also included it - along with many other awesome recipes - in Evil Cake Overlord, coming out on April 30th! (The mango mojito one is also included, for that matter!)

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    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.

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    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.

    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.
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    Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake

    This Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake is a fun departure from more traditional upside down cake. The use of rum, brown sugar, and cinnamon throughout make this a flavourful and satisfying cake... even before considering the beautiful and tasty bananas foster topping!
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time1 hr
    Cooling Time20 mins
    Total Time1 hr 40 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 12 Servings
    Calories: 460kcal
    Author: Marie Porter

    Equipment

    10 inch round pan
    Parchment Paper

    Ingredients

    Bananas Foster

    • ⅓ Cup Butter Melted
    • 1 ½ teaspoon All-Purpose Flour
    • ½ Cup Brown Sugar Packed
    • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
    • 2 tablespoon Amber Rum
    • 1 tablespoon Creme de Banane
    • 2-3 cups Sliced Bananas

    Cake

    • 2 Cups Cake Flour All-Purpose will work if needed
    • 1 ½ Cups Granulated Sugar
    • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
    • 4 teaspoon Baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 3 ½ oz Packet Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
    • 4 Large Eggs
    • ½ cup Water
    • ½ cup Amber Rum
    • ¾ cup Butter melted

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Liberally grease a 10″ round pan with vegetable shortening. Cut out a 10″ round of parchment paper, using bottom of pan as a template. Place inside pan, smoothing it out to cling securely to the shortening.
    • Combine melted butter, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum, and creme de banane in a small saucepan. Heat on low, stirring until well combined. Pour into prepared cake pan, spreading evenly. Arrange banana slices on top of this mixture, set aside.
    • Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and pudding mix in a large mixing bowl. Add in eggs and water, beating until smooth. Carefully add rum and melted butter to the mix, mixing on medium speed until smooth. Gently pour into prepared pan.
    • Bake until golden and knife inserted into center of batter comes out clean and cake springs back – about 50-60 minutes.
    • Allow cake to cool for about 20 minutes. With cake still in the pan, carefully level the top by cutting off the “dome” over the edge of the pan, before turning cake out directly onto serving plate.

    Notes

    Be prepared – Gooey caramel is going to run down the sides and pool on your plate. This is a good thing!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 460kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 580mg | Potassium: 146mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 607IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 1mg
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    A bananas foster upside down cake: A large round cinnamon rum cake, topped with bananas and a cinnamon rum caramel... upside-down cake style.

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    Comments

    1. jamie

      October 18, 2011 at 7:20 am

      5 stars
      I made this last night for my hubbys birthday cake. It was delish! However, the cake sort of shrunk into itself, and absorbed most of the caramel. Not complaining - it tasted wonderful - just didn't LOOK the way I had expected! Thanks for the recipe, was really quite easy and a definite keeper.

      Reply
    2. Elissa

      January 20, 2015 at 9:26 pm

      5 stars
      I made this tonight and used a cast iron pan. I had to tweak the recipe and it came out wonderful! Such a good recipe, I'm lucky to have found your website.
      The sauce was more creamy than I expected, it stuck to the top and sides and didn't melt or seep into the cake like I expected.
      Thanks again!

      Reply
    3. Pam

      May 01, 2016 at 5:58 pm

      5 stars
      The Bananas Foster Upside down Cake is awesome! I am from Louisiana and grew updating Bananas Foster - this cake hit all the right notes. All that was missing was the flambé - may try that next time. Thank you, Marie.

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        May 23, 2016 at 3:40 pm

        Awesome, thank you! Always great to hear!

        Reply
    4. Andrea

      February 21, 2022 at 11:56 am

      Could I use a cake mix instead?

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        February 24, 2022 at 6:21 am

        Sure

        Reply
    5. Roxanne

      April 26, 2022 at 4:40 pm

      Will this cake do well to be made day before and kept in fridge?

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        April 28, 2022 at 9:45 am

        Yes, but let it come up to room temperature before serving it. Cold cake is DRY cake!

        Reply

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