Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cake
Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened and divided
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 tablespoons rum
- 2 ripe bananas
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups baking mix
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pecans in a single layer 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring once.
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a lightly greased 10-inch cast-iron skillet or 9-inch round cake pan (with sides that are at least 2 inches high) over low heat. Remove from heat; stir in brown sugar and rum.
- Cut bananas diagonally into 1/4 inch thick slices; arrange in concentric circles over brown sugar mixture. Sprinkle pecans over bananas.
- Beat granulated sugar and remaining 1/4 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add milk and next 2 ingredients; beat just until blended. Beat in baking mix and cinnamon until blended, (Batter will be slightly lumpy). Pour batter over mixture in skillet. Place skillet on a foil-lined jelly-roll pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in skillet on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen. Invert onto a serving plate, spooning any topping in skillet over cake.
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