Double Banana Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large ripe bananas, sliced
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed banana (about 2)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup shortening

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven at 350 degrees.
• 2 with electric mixer, cream brown sugar and butter. spread mixture over bottom of a 9 inch square baking dish with 2 inch high sides. arrange sliced bananas on top of mixture, covering completely. set aside.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
• 4 mix mashed bananas, buttermilk and vanilla in another small bowl.
• 5 using an electric mixer, cream 1 1/4 cups sugar and shortening until fluffy. add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each adition. add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk mixture, mixing until just combined.
• 6 pour batter over bananas in pan. bake until cake pulls away from sides of pan and a pick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 5 minutes. cool slightly.
• 7 turn cake serving plate.