Best Banana Walnut Upside Down Cakes Recipes

BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and butter; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook without stirring until sugar is dissolved. , Pour into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Sprinkle with pecans. Pour remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice into a small bowl; add bananas and stir carefully. Drain. Arrange bananas in a circular pattern over the pecans; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, eggs, lemon zest and vanilla; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Spoon over bananas. , Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge of pan; invert cake onto a serving plate. Serve with whipped cream if desired.

BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with cooking parchment paper.
• In each cake pan, stir 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon water until well blended. Arrange banana slices to fit tightly together over brown sugar mixture in pans; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat Cake ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread 2 1/3 cups cake batter over banana slices in each pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes. Cool pans on cooling rack 10 minutes. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Repeat with remaining cake. Serve cakes warm. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

BANANA-WALNUT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• For topping: Preheat oven to 325F.
• Combine sugar and butter in medium saucepan.
• Stir over low heat until butter melts and mixture is well blended.
• Pour into 9-inch diameter cake pan.
• Spread to coat bottom of pan.
• Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture.
• Sprinkle nuts evenly over.
• Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly, and covering bottom.
• For cake: Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl to blend.
• Beat sugar and butter in another bowl until creamy.
• Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in 3 additions.
• Spoon batter over bananas.
• Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Transfer cake to rack.
• Run knife around pan sides.
• Cool cake on rack 25 minutes.
• Place cake plate over pan; invert cake.
• Let stand 3 minutes, then gently lift off pan.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.

BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the topping: In an oven-safe 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, lemon juice and salt, and whisk until the brown sugar melts, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Let cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture starts to smell like caramel and darkens slightly, about 1 minute longer. (Don't walk away, or the mixture may burn.) The mixture will clump and separate, but that's OK.
• Add bananas and nuts, gently tossing to coat with the caramel. Remove from heat and arrange fruit into an even layer on bottom of skillet. Ignore any sugar clumps; they will dissolve during baking.
• Make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until thoroughly combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and whisk until well mixed. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt and baking soda into the batter, one at a time, and whisking vigorously after each addition.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy, but that's OK. Don't overmix. Scrape batter into the skillet over the fruit and spread evenly.
• Bake until surface is deeply browned all over (with darker brown edges) and the fruit is lightly bubbling around the sides of the skillet, about 35 to 45 minutes, rotating halfway through. A toothpick inserted into cake will come out clean.
• Once the cake is out of the oven, immediately run a butter knife or offset spatula around the edge of the skillet. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully invert cake into serving platter. If some fruit or nuts stick to bottom of skillet, gently remove them using an offset spatula or knife and place them back onto cake. Let the cake cool until the fruit topping sets, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour, before serving. Cake is best served on the day it is baked.

SOUR CREAM-BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 10-cup tube pan or 12-cup fluted tube pan with cooking spray. Beat eggs, cake mix, sour cream, oil, water and dry pudding mix in large bowl with mixer until blended.
• Cook butter and brown sugar in small saucepan on medium-low heat until butter is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring occasionally. Add bananas; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in nuts; pour into prepared pan. Cover with batter.
• Bake 40 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 min. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake. Invert cake onto rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.

BANANA WALNUT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter and divide between two 1-cup ramekins. Sprinkle brown sugar and walnuts over butter. Cut banana into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange over walnuts, overlapping and pressing lightly to fit.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cardamom, and a pinch salt. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat together remaining tablespoon butter and granulated sugar until combined well. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined and beat in flour mixture until batter is just combined. Divide batter between ramekins and bake on a baking sheet in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Run a sharp knife around edges of ramekins and invert cakes onto plates.

HOMEMADE BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 8-inch square cake pan.
• Prepare topping: Spread brown sugar on the bottom of the prepared pan and scatter butter pieces on top.
• Place the pan in the preheated oven until butter has melted, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and stir and spread mixture evenly on the bottom of the pan. Arrange sliced bananas to cover the bottom. Set aside.
• Prepare cake: Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl, set aside.
• Cream white sugar and softened butter together in a large bowl. Mix in eggs and vanilla until combined. Add mashed bananas and sour cream; mix to combine. Add dry ingredients on low speed and mix just until combined. Pour batter over banana slices in the pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pan completely, about 30 minutes, before inverting and slicing.

BANANA WALNUT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter melts and mixture is well blended. Pour into 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides. Spread to coat bottom of pan. Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture. Sprinkle nuts evenly over. Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly and covering bottom.
• For cake:
• Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl to blend. Beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in 3 additions. Spoon batter over bananas. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer cake to rack. Run knife around pan sides. Cool cake on rack 30 minutes. Place plate over pan; invert cake. Let stand 3 minutes, then gently lift off pan. Serve warm with whipped cream.

WALNUT-BANANA UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• First, make topping: In a heavy, medium-sized saucepan, combine sugar and butter over low heat.
• Stir until butter melts and mixture is well combined; then pour into a 9-inch-diameter cake pan that has 2-inch-high sides; spread to coat bottom of pan.
• Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture, then evenly sprinkle on the nuts.
• Place banana slices in concentric circles on the nuts, overlapping slightly and covering the bottom of the pan.
• Now, make cake: In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• In another medium-sized bowl, beat sugar and butter together until creamy; add egg and vanilla, then beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in flour mixture, alternating with milk, in 3 additions.
• Spoon this batter over the bananas; bake about 55 minutes, or until a tester inserted into centre comes out clean.
• Transfer cake, in pan, to a rack, and run a knife around the sides; let cool on rack for 30 minutes.
• Place plate over pan; invert cake-- let stand for 3 minutes, then gently lift off the pan.
• Serve warm, preferably with whipped cream.