Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Cake

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Indulgent and decadent, this cake is to die for! The combination of moist sweet bananas and burnt caramel is a marriage from heaven and is certain to uplift anyone’s spirit.

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Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Cake

Yield: 8

Author: Fida Milki

Ingredients

For the topping:

• 2/3 stick butter
• 1/2 cup+ 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 4 ripe bananas sliced in half lengthwise

For the cake:

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 stick butter softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup Greek yogurt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
2. Grease a 9-inch cake pan and line it with parchment paper.
3. In a saucepan, melt the butter on medium heat then add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
4. Pour the caramel over the parchment paper in the cake pan and spread it evenly. Place the bananas cut side down over the caramel.
5. In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon and set aside.
6. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy (around 3 minutes).
7. Add the eggs one at a time whisking after each addition.
8. Gently fold in the dry ingredients alternating with the yogurt beginning and ending with the flour.
9. Pour the batter in the prepared pan over the bananas and bake in the heated oven for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
10. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes.
11. Turn the cake upside down over a serving platter and slowly peel off the parchment paper.
12. Let cool slightly and serve warm or at room temperature.
13. Slice, serve and enjoy!