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Caramel Banana Upside-Down Cake

4.8 (5 reviews)Intermediate
Caramel Banana Upside-Down Cake

50-60 min bake

Cook

9

Servings

Servings
9
Units

Serves 9

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Caramel Banana Upside-Down Cake

A brown-butter banana cake baked over a buttery brown-sugar caramel with sliced banana and walnuts, flipped warm for a sticky caramel top.

4.8 (5 reviews)
|Intermediate
Caramel Banana Upside-Down Cake

50-60 min bake

Cook Time

Intermediate

Difficulty

9

Servings

Ingredients

Servings
9
Units
Serves 9

Watch How To Make It

Instructions

IngredientsChef's Tips
Recipe Progress

Brown the butter

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Continue cooking, stirring often, until it turns bubbly, golden brown, and smells nutty. Remove from heat and stir in the instant coffee to bloom; let cool slightly.

Mix wet ingredients

In a large bowl, add the browned butter mixture with instant coffee, oil, and light brown sugar. Whisk until well combined. Add the eggs, vanilla paste, mashed bananas, and Greek yogurt. Mix until smooth and fully incorporated.

Add dry ingredients

Sprinkle in the baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix. Combine the flour with cinnamon powder, then fold into the batter. Mix just until combined — do not overmix.

Make the caramel

In a saucepan, melt the butter and light brown sugar over low-medium heat, stirring until well combined and slightly bubbly. It doesn't need to be fully smooth like a traditional caramel — just combined and glossy.

Prep the pan

Preheat the fan oven to 170°C (338°F) and line an 8x8-inch square baking tray.

Layer the caramel and fruit

Pour the prepared caramel into the pan and spread evenly. Cut the bananas into thick half-moon slices and arrange over the caramel. Add walnuts.

Add the batter

Pour the cake batter over the bananas and spread it evenly.

Bake

Bake for 50-60 minutes. Start checking for doneness at the 45-minute mark by inserting a skewer into the center, it should come out clean or with a few moist crumbs.

Flip and serve

Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully flip it onto a serving plate while still warm but not hot.

Notes

This recipe makes 9 large servings. If you adjust the serving size, the ingredient quantities will change accordingly, and you may also need to adjust the pan size, baking time, and temperature. Keep this in mind when scaling the recipe.

Chef's Tips

  • At 35 minutes mark, if the cake has developed a golden-brown top, cover it loosely with aluminum foil to prevent it from browning too much. Continue baking until toothpick inserted into the center comes out with few moist crumbs. This step will also result in soft and moist cake.
  • Make sure to use a wooden toothpick to check the cake's doneness, as raw batter clings easily to the wooden surface, making it easier to tell if the cake is fully baked compared to using a fork.
  • Use overripe bananas for the batter and ripe but firm bananas for the topping to get maximum flavor while keeping the banana slices intact during baking.
  • FOR THE MOST ACCURATE RESULTS, ALWAYS USE MEASUREMENTS IN GRAMS RATHER THAN CUPS.

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