DirtySanchezConQueso: It’s dessert, but it’s fruit, so it’s good for you.
DougEECummings: Full recipe from [TipHero](https://tiphero.com/bananas-foster-upside-down-cake/)
**Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cake**
Makes 1 – 11-by-7-inch cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
**Ingredients**
* 3 bananas, halved lengthwise
Bananas Foster Sauce
* 4 tablespoons butter
* ⅔ cup light brown sugar
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* ½ teaspoon cinnamon
* ¼ cup dark rum
Cake
* ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
* ⅓ cup sugar
* ⅓ cup light brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* ½ cup buttermilk
* 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* ¼ teaspoon baking soda
* ½ teaspoon salt
**Directions**
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Grease an 11-by-7-inch pan with cooking spray.
1. Arrange the bananas, cut-side-down, in the prepared pan and set aside.
Sauce
1. In a large pan over medium-low heat, combine the butter, light brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Cook, stirring frequently, until the butter is melted, the sugar is dissolved, and the mixture is well-combined.
1. Add the rum and bring the mixture to a simmer.
1. Using a lighter, stand back and carefully ignite the rum.
1. Shake the pan until the flames subside.
1. Remove the sauce from the heat and pour over the prepared bananas. Set aside.
Cake
1. In a large bowl, using a stand or a hand mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and light brown sugar together until creamy and lightened in color.
1. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract and buttermilk, and mix to combine.
1. In a second large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
1. Add the wet ingredients to the bowl containing the dry ingredients, and mix until just combined, being careful not to over-mix the cake batter.
1. Carefully spoon the cake batter over the bananas. Using an offset spatula or the back of a spoon, gently spread the batter, covering the fruit.
1. Set an empty baking sheet on the bottom of the oven, or on a rack directly underneath where you will bake cake, to catch any foster sauce that may drip during baking.
1. Bake the cake in the center of the oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center-bottom, near the bananas, comes out clean.
1. Remove the cake from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
1. Use an offset spatula to ensure the sides of the cake are free from the pan. Place an upside-down plate or platter, large enough to hold the cake, on top of the cake pan. Carefully invert the cake onto the plate/platter to show off the caramelized bananas underneath.
1. Let the cake cool for about 20 minutes before slicing and serving.
**Chef’s Tips**
1. If you prefer, you can also make your cake in a 8-inch cake pan or an 8-by-8-inch brownie pan. If you use a smaller pan, you will only need 2 bananas.
1. When mixing the cake batter, be very careful not to over-mix the cake batter, as doing so will result in a tough cake.
1. When testing the cake to see if it is done, make sure to test close to the bottom of the pan nearest the bananas to ensure cake is completely cooked.
TBOIA: I like to use lighter fluid instead of rum to give it that extra bang when I hit it with the match. You can’t eat it though so it’s just for show, but it’s pretty convenient because most of my friends don’t know I suck at cooking and if I just put lighter fluid in everything they will never figure it out.
LousyDrunk: Could I just cut the middleman and eat a stick of butter and a banana?
pukerupson: I don’t understand this sub, every recipe is torn apart. Too much sugar, not ripe enough bananas, no banana liquor, poor distribution of batter,etc etc.
I’m trying to understand why these pro chefs frequent a gif recipe subreddit.
This upside down cake looks delicious by the way!
jonl73: Looks like a fossilized banana at the end.
Bernard_Ber: If you like Bananas Foster, I think you’re gonna like these Bananas Foster Fried Bananas (Breaded with Cornflakes):
https://www.familytabletreasures.com/2016/04/bananas-foster-fried-bananas/
There’s also a lot of creative banana bread recipes posted on this link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskRedditFood/search?q=banana&restrict_sr=1
cd457: this looks DOPE. bananas foster is so good
Count_Turkovic: Bananas Foster Wallace
rjrand: How big is this cake? The gif needs a banana for scale.
Emnel: Needs more sugar.
Stardraconis: Props for the Drunks and Dragons reference! +1 to moving crates!
naorlar: Holy shit that looks good.
KING_BulKathus: You needed Banana liquor as well for it to be a banana Foster.
ActorMonkey: But it’s not on fire when you serve it. So… what’s the point?
LordTiddlypusch: Second best bananas foster I’ve ever had.
SparkleyRedOne: I have made this before, can confirm, delicious as fuuuuuck. My recipe, however, calls for the separation of the egg tools from the whites. I think it makes the cake fluffier.
ViridianEyedMonster: I need this
Koomsby: I bet that tastes amazing but god damn if it doesn’t look gross after it’s done
AngryOtter: Would this work with any other fruit subbed instead of bananas?
Pissed-Off-Panda: I say CARE-uh-mel. 👍
Ralanost: Would have been nice if you stated what you put on the cake at the end. Someone mentioned it was a caramel drizzle?
escargoxpress: *sets house on fire*
DDJello: Is there a British substitute for buttermilk?
Oneiric19: This looks so damn tasty, but unfortunately I’m allergic to bananas =[[
TheBonesleigh: Bananas foster all kinds of lovely dessert recipes.
radwimp: When do I add the metformin?
TheLadyEve: This actually looks really good. I might use cake flour rather than all-purpose.
The only downside to this is that you won’t get any sear on the bananas because you’re baking them. I might try to get a hard sear on them prior to putting them in the baking dish–that would really take this up a notch.
jwpp: You’re quickly becoming my favorite GIF poster
Camblor: But how big is it?
J1P2G3: Looked like a perfectly good dessert except for the bananas part.
Mr_Penguin3: You can see the banana seeds
jb007gd: What is the sauce they are drizzling over the finished product at the end of the gif?
TheBestHuman: WHAT WAS TGE TOPPING
unicornridinglessons: Yum!
DarthLysergis: Why bother putting the ingredients in captions if you don’t show the amounts. Like, I know what a fucking egg looks like, I can identify it.
samchen0309: I’m getting diabetes and a heart attack just by watching it. Yes another slice please.
InDisMom: i let out an orgasm-like moan during that flip
rifain: Soooo much sugar, and the caramel in the end, god, how people can eat that ?
rosescentedfart: Looks like wet garbage. No thanks.
SPZX: Those bananas weren’t ripe enough. Also some piss poor batter distribution. Otherwise probably decent.
Dexter_Thiuf: Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cake – The Atheists Desert Nightmare!
SharpenedStinger: All that work for 5 minutes of eating and diabetes
godrestsinreason: Sometimes I feel like TipHero will do some really dumb/crazy shit in their recipes specifically to troll people like us in the comments who will call it out.
YouCanBreakTheIce: Again with the extra unnecessary caramel drizzle at the end? You must desperately want diabetes.