Buttered Rum Pound Cake With Bananas Foster Sauce

This is a rich and wonderful desser--great for the holidays or just to impress someone.

• Ready In: 28 hrs
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• For cake

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 6  large eggs, separated
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 1⁄2 cup sugar

• Buttered rum glaze

• 6  tablespoons butter
• 3  tablespoons light rum
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 3  tablespoons water
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans, toasted

• For bananas fosters sauce

• 1⁄2 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1⁄4 cup margarine, melted
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄3 cup  banana liqueur
• 4  bananas, peeled and sliced
• 1⁄3 cup light rum

Directions

1. To make glaze combing glaze ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in pecans.
2. To make cake, beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty mixer until creamy. Add 2 1/2 cups sugar, beating 4 to 5 minutes or until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
3. Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in flavorings.
4. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter.
5. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
6. Bake at 325°F for 1 1/2 hours or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and place on a serving plate. While warm, prick cake surface at 1-inch intervals with a wooden pick; pour warm Buttered Rum Glaze over cake. Let stand 4 hours or overnight before serving. Serve with Bananas Foster Sauce and vanilla ice cream.
7. To make banana fosters sauce, combine ingredients in a large skillet; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly. Add bananas, and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat.
8. Heat rum in a small saucepan over medium heat (do not boil). Quickly pour rum over banana mixture, and immediately ignite with a long match just above the liquid mixture to light the fumes (not the liquid itself). Let flames die down; serve immediately with Buttered Rum Pound Cake.