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Banana Upside Down Cake

Name: Banana Upside Down Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar; 6 Tbs butter (melted); 2 bananas (thinly sliced); 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp baking powder; pinch salt; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 medium); 1/2 cup buttermilk (or any milk will essentially do); 1 Tbs vanilla; 1/3 cup oil; 2 eggs

by Tornadough Alli July 18, 2017 Updated June 13, 2019 31 Comments

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Caramel and banana collide in this perfectly delicious spin on a traditional cake. Banana Upside Down Cake will be your new fave, gooey, flavorful and absolutely addicting.

So my ever loving banana addiction continues. Yeah, you’ve probably gathered by now I love all things banana. But I mean come on, the flavor. My goodness it’s to die for. I love bananas plain buy they are heaven when it comes to baking.

This Banana Upside Down Cake was actually the first recipe I had on my blog over 2 years ago. Crazy how time flies. I figured it was time to give it a facelift, new pictures and a video to show you how truly amazing this easy cake is.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED:

Brown sugar
Butter
Bananas
Flour
Baking soda
Baking powder
Salt
Sugar
Buttermilk
Vanilla
Oil
Eggs

The one thing I really like about this cake is that it is completely homemade. Now I always prefer homemade recipes first, but I am not opposed to semi-homemade or even just a plain old boxed recipe. No shame in your baking game.

If you’re already a fan of the traditional Pineapple Upside Down Cake then you’ll surely love this Banana version.

Oh and I also have a strawberry version that is super deliciously yummy too. I’m kind of an upside down cake lover all together….ok let’s just day cake lover to be even more safe.

This cake is super easy and the end results are to die for. If you love caramel drizzle over any of your desserts, then this cake already comes packed full of that goodness.

HOW TO MAKE BANANA UPSIDE DOWN CAKE:

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9″ springform pan (higher sides is essential for this recipe), set aside.
Combine the topping ingredients in bowl. Press mixture into bottom of the pan. Layer banana rounds on top of mix.
In larger bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Pour on top of the brown sugar and banana mixture. Bake for 45 mins or until set (when toothpick comes out clean.)\
Turn out onto serving platter, be very careful with this as it should slip out easily.

My mouth just waters when I flip this cake out of the pan and let that gooey caramel run down the sides….its serious food porn no doubt. But I’m weird like that and find things like dripping caramel both fascinating and addicting.

But when I say that you need to make this Banana Upside Down Cake, you need to make this Banana Upside Down Cake. No questions asked, ok? See it’s super easy to just listen and make the good stuff. Most people I don’t even have to ask twice.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Use a 9″ round spring-form pan, although this has worked for me in the standard 9″ cake pan others have had trouble with the batter spilling over, so to be safe, use a higher sided pan.
Combine your brown sugar and melted butter before placing it in the bottom of the pan. I’ve seen other recipes that call for sprinkling of brown sugar and pouring of butter, but this is the method that works perfectly for us!
You can use ripe or over ripe banana in this recipe, the banana “seen” will be baked and caramelized so if they are already super soft it is ok.
Wrap your spring-form pan with tin foil in case you happen to have sugar leak out or go grab yourself one of these amazing rimmed springform pans that we use!

What sets this cake apart is the banana layer that sits on top of this cake. They are caramelized kinda like a ready made bananas foster. Top it with some ice cream and boy do you have heaven on a plate.

If you are looking for that favorite recipe then this Banana Upside Down Cake is just what you need in your life!