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Close up of Banana Upside Down Cake showing bananas sliced in half

Stem Ginger Banana Upside Down Cake

Safira
This Stem Ginger Banana Upside Down Cake is fluffy, moist and tender. The addition of ginger in the cake and stem ginger on top of the caramel makes the cake SO delicious. 
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Baking/Dessert
Cuisine American, british
Servings 10
Calories 461 kcal

Ingredients
  

Caramel Topping

  • 70 g Butter
  • 130 g Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 piece Stem Ginger grated
  • 4 Bananas Sliced in 1/2 lengthways

Cake

  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 120 g Butter Unsalted, At room temperature
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 200 g Plain Flour
  • 2.5 tsp Baking Powder
  • 150 ml Yoghurt or Buttermilk, Sour Cream, Milk
  • Pinch Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tbsp Ginger grated
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

Instructions
 

Caramel

  • Preheat the oven to 180 °C/GM 4. Lightly grease a 23cm round tin. (Not with a loose bottom).
  • Add butter and dark brown sugar to a pan over medium low heat. Stir until combined and lightly bubbling.
  • Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla and stem ginger.
  • Pour the caramel into baking tin and top with sliced bananas.

Cake

  • Add all the ingredients for the cake to a bowl and beat using a processor/by hand until throughly combined.
  • Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Notes

Baking tin - When I first made this Banana upside down cake it was a disaster. Caramel leaked out of the bottom of the tin and burnt in the oven.  Not only did I have a horrible cleaning job to do afterwards, we lost half the caramel. For that reason, I would suggest using a tin that is closed at the bottom or you can put your cake tin on an oven tray and once backed, add the leaked caramel to the top of the bananas.
StorageThis cake will keep for three days so you can make it ahead.  It is delicious served warm or at room temperature. Reheat gently if you are serving it on the day it wasn't baked. I wouldn't recommend freezing this cake. 
Baking  Time - This is one of those cake recipes that looks done way before it is done. Trust the skewer test! If it comes out wet, leave the cake in the oven a little longer. I have suggested baking at 180 C/GM 4 for 1 hour. The time does vary.  If the cake is browning too fast but the inside is still wet, cover it with foil and continue baking until the middle is set and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Nutrition

Calories: 461kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 5gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 296mgPotassium: 252mgFiber: 2gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 679IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 114mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Afternoon Tea, Banana Cake, Banana ginger cake, Upside Down Cake
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