Upside Down Banana Cake

prep time:: 10min
total time:: 1hr 25min

Makes 1-

A great way to use up extra bananas. This cake is great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Any leftover cake can be crumbled into parfaits for another yummy treat

ingredients

1 Cup firmly packed light Brown Sugar
6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, room temperature
1 Large Ripe Bananas (maybe more to cover the pan)
1 Box Cake Mix (Marble, Butter, Yellow or Chocolate mixes would all work well)
Eggs, Oil, Water as called for on the box
1 Mashed VERY Ripe Banana

directions

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1. Heat oven to 350*
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2. In an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until well mixed
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3. Spread brown sugar mixture over bottom of sprayed pan
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4. Arrange banana slices (at least 1/4” thick) on top of brown sugar mixture, covering completely. Set pan aside
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5. Prepare cake mix as directed on the box but decrease water by 1/4 cup. Add very well mashed banana to liquid ingredients.
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6. Pour Batter over bananas in the pan.
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7. Bake until cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and tester comes out clean (45 min—check what the cake mix box recommends)
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8. Cool slightly (15min or so) then turn cake out onto plate. Serve warm or at room temperature.