Banana Upside Down Cake

Hi all, just another quick post. This recipe is from Tasty

I have copied over and pasted recipe from Buzzfeed for convienience.  However, you want to visit the link above for their quick video.

INGREDIENTS
Servings: 6-8
4-5 ripe bananas
3 eggs
½ cup oil
½ cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 cups flour
½ cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2-3 bananas, sliced
Vanilla ice cream

PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.
In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas.
Add the eggs, oil, sugar, and cinnamon, mixing until evenly incorporated.
Add the flour and mix until the batter has no large pockets of flour. Set aside.
In a pot over low heat, melt the butter, then mix in the brown sugar until dissolved.
Bring up the heat to medium, cooking until the mixture starts bubbling.
Remove the caramel from heat and pour into a greased 9×9 baking pan.
Lay the banana slices evenly on top of the caramel.
Spread the banana bread batter on top.
Bake 40-50 minutes.
Cool until the bottom is barely warm and use a knife to loosen the edges from the pan.
Place a plate upside-down on top of the pan, then invert the pan, flipping the banana bread onto the plate.
Slice, then serve with vanilla ice cream.

Banana Bread with Walnuts

The year is almost over. My bananas are getting old... LOL. I mean literally, no encrypted messages here. I have 5 bananas ripe as anything. Should I throw it out? Never, there are lots of things you can make using bananas. I love banana cake/bread with walnuts. It's sweet and nutty. You can make banana icecream, smoothie, muffins or even banana fritters to serve with icecream.

For today, I am just happy to replicate this recipe with the addition of nuts..... I love nuts, I am nuts! Can't wait for it to come out of oven when I can slap some more butter on the thing... YUMS! Recipe is from Simply Recipes. I love that blog, so many easy recipes. One of my favourite blogs to follow.

Prep time: 5 minutesCook time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD
No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
Yield: Makes one loaf

So there you have it, one very easy recipe to follow with added nuts for me ;) NOMNOMNOMS!