Title: Banana Upside-Down Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 8 Servings

9 1/2	tb	Butter
1/2	c	Brown Sugar
1 1/2	c	Granulated Sugar
1	c	Bananas -- mashed
2		Eggs
1	tb	Vanilla Extract
1/4	c	Dark Rum
2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Ground Cinnamon
1/2	ts	Nutmeg
1/4	ts	Ground Ginger
1/2	c	Sour Cream
2	lg	Bananas, Unripe -- cut into
1/3		" slices
1 1/4	c	Walnuts -- broken

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a 10-inch oven-proof skillet, melt 5 1/2 Tbs of the butter with the brown sugar over very low heat. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, cream the remaining 4 Tbs of butter with the white sugar until light. Add the mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla and rum; stir. Then add the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; beat in sour cream. Arrange the banana slices in a pretty pattern in the skillet with the brown sugar mixture; top with the walnuts. Pour the batter over all and place in the oven for 50 to 60 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out immediately onto a plate. Serve with ice cream if you are feeling especially sinful. Yield: 8 to 10 servings

From Cooking With Cornelius - The Corning Cookbook by Cornelius O'Donnell (ISBN 0-394-52333-4)

Recipe By : Cooking With Cornelius - The Corning Cookbook

From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-04 Cooking

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