This addictive upside-down banana cake will have you go bananas.
A lot of people dislike bananas. Thankfully, I don’t.
Why thankfully? Because a lot of the time, bananas in our house tend to become super-ripe. I don’t like to eat bruised, browned bananas, but they go well in my breakfast smoothie.
And also cake.
Lily’s banana bread [1] is a fabulous loaf recipe. But I bake a lot and so I cannot limit myself to a single set of instructions. This results in healthy whole wheat banana bread, cinnamon streusel banana cake, chocolate chip banana muffins, chocolate banana bread [2], banana cake with cream cheese frosting, banana cake with mocha fudge frosting [3] and of course,
This banana upside-down cake recipe is a recent development and most likely one that will remain high up in my banana cake repertoire.
Fluffy (and super easy to make) banana cake meets golden, beautifully caramelised bananas, reminiscent of a tarte tatin [4], minus the fuss of actually standing by the stove-top caramelising the sugar and butter.
And guys? The basic cake recipe is a dream.
If upside-down banana cake isn’t your thing, you can really customise the cake any way you like. It is my staple banana cake recipe, one that I often tinker around with. As I write this post, a piece of this utterly delicious banana cake recipe topped with cinnamon sugar, walnuts and dark chocolate chips is wrapped up in a piece of foil, waiting in my backpack.
Upside-down banana cake is my mom’s favourite variation of this basic banana cake recipe. It is impressive yet super easy to prepare. As slivers turn into slices which turn into seconds and thirds, you’ll thank that site- you know, the one about chocolate- and realise that Hot Chocolate Hits offers more than just chocolate.
Today, it offers an upside-down banana cake recipe.
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[1] Lily’s banana bread: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/2015/03/lilys-banana-bread.html
[2] chocolate banana bread: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/2014/07/chocolate-banana-bread.html
[3] mocha fudge frosting: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/2015/11/mocha-pumpkin-cake-recipe.html
[4] tarte tatin: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/2017/03/apple-tarte-tatin.html
[5] Print Recipe: https://hotchocolatehits.com/wprm_print/23445
[6] Pin Recipe: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/bookmarklet/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotchocolatehits.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fupside-down-banana-cake.html%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fhotchocolatehits.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F07%2FScreenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.11.34.png&description=Upside+Down+Banana+Cake&is_video=false
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[8] The Idea Room: http://www.theidearoom.net/cinnamon-banana-cake/
[9] Caramel upside-down cake: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2013/08/laura-vitales-caramel-upside-down-cake.html/
[10] Pineapple upside-down cake: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2018/07/pineapple-upside-cake.html/
[11] Caramel banana baked s’mores dip: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2015/08/baked-smores-dip-recipe.html/