Bananas Foster Pound Cake

Caramelized banana folded into a sweet brown sugar cake and topped with a brown sugar glaze .

Bananas Foster originated in New Orleans around the 1950's. It is a simple but delicious dessert that has flambéed with rum and bananas in a caramel like sauce then it is served with vanilla ice cream. It was named after the Crime Commission at the time.

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When they make it at the restaurant they bring a little cart out with a hot plate with a pan of brown sugar, butter and bananas. They then add rum to it and it is flambéed. I made the original Bananas Foster at home and it is an adrenaline rush when you put the flame to the rum.

This recipe you will not have to do that at all, rest assure you plus this one you can share with friends and family.

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Bananas Foster Pound Cake

Time

Prep: 15 to 20 minutes
Baking: 35 to 45 minutes
Cooling: 1 to 2 hours

Ingredients

Brown Sugar Cake

1 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
3 1/4 cups Unbleached All Purpose Flour
2 1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
1 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt
1 Tablespoon Dark Rum

Vanilla Ice Cream, optional

Bananas Foster

4 Ripen Bananas, sliced

1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Unsalted Butter

2 oz Dark Rum or Pure Vanilla Extract make sure vanilla extract contains more than 50 % alcohol 

Glaze
1/4 cup Unsalted Butter
1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar, tightly packed
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Milk
Pinch of Sea Salt
1 1/2 cups Confectioners' Sugar

Method

For the cake:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour tube pan or Bundt pan with the 1/4 cup of flour.
2. In a medium size bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder and sea salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes on high speed. Add in eggs one at time then add vanilla extract.
3. Slowly add flour mixtures a cup at a time until fully incorporated. Set aside.
4. For bananas foster: In a medium size skillet, melt butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together. Fold in sliced bananas into the caramel sauce until coated. Slowly add rum or vanilla extract and let it simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Fold in bananas foster mixture into cake batter. Spoon into prepped pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes. You may need to cover the top if starts to brown too fast. Stick a tooth pick into the cake to check for doneness, if it comes out clean remove from oven.
6. Let the cake cool for 20 minutes then tip over to a wired rack. Letting it cool completely.

For glaze
7. In a small sauce pan on medium high, melt butter, sugar, and salt. Bring to a rolling boil then add milk and vanilla for 2 minutes and let it boil for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Carefully whisk in confectioners' sugar a 1/2 cup at a time until smooth and thick.
8. Pour over cooled cake and let set for 30 minutes before servings.
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