Go Back
Print

Banana Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

For the topping:

  • 1 cup packed golden brown sugar
  • ¼ cup ½ stick unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 3 large ripe bananas. peeled cut diagonally into ¼-inch-thick slices

For the cake:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 6 tablespoons ¾ stick unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 tablespoons milk

Instructions

To make the topping:

  1. 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. Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly and covering bottom.

To make the cake:

  1. 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.