Sticky Toffee Banana Cake

Name: Sticky Toffee Banana Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 10 - 12 Servings
Ingredients: 1u00bc cups plus 3 tablespoons (or more) heavy whipping cream; u00bd cup packed light brown sugar; u00bd cup dark corn syrup; u00bc cup (u00bd stick) unsalted butter; 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour; 1u00bd teaspoons baking powder; u00be cup (1u00bd sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; u2154 cup packed dark brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 to 3); 1 tablespoon dark rum; 1u00bd teaspoons vanilla extract; Sliced bananas (optional)

By Leslie Blythe Cake, Dessert Baking, Boiling

February 19, 2018

I happen to have a ton of bananas. I stumbled upon this recipe for Sticky Toffee Banana Cake, which is an excellent way of using them. This cake has amazing banana flavor and is topped with a rich, sticky and creamy toffee sauce. It's just too good to be true!

Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 35 mins
Yields: 10 - 12 Servings

Ingredients

Toffee sauce

1¼ cups plus 3 tablespoons (or more) heavy whipping cream

½ cup packed light brown sugar

½ cup dark corn syrup

¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter

Banana cake

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour

1½ teaspoons baking powder

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

⅔ cup packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 to 3)

1 tablespoon dark rum

1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Sliced bananas (optional)

Directions

Toffee sauce

1Bring 1¼ cups cream, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and ⅛ teaspoon salt to boil in a heavy small saucepan over medium heat, whisking until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook at gentle boil until sauce coats spoon thickly and is reduced to 1½ cups, whisking occasionally, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Whisk in 3 tablespoons or more cream to thin sauce to desired consistency.

Banana cake

1Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9 inch springform pan. Dust baking pan with flour, tapping out excess.

2Whisk flour, baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt in medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in mashed bananas, rum, and vanilla (batter may look curdled). Add dry ingredients in 4 additions, beating just to blend after each addition. Spread batter evenly in prepared baking pan.

3Bake cake until tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 38 minutes. Spread ½ cup toffee sauce evenly over cake. Return cake to oven and bake until sauce is bubbling thickly, about 6 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 30 minutes. Cut around cake in pan. Cut cake into 9 squares or 12 rectangles. Serve cake slightly warm or at room temperature with toffee sauce and top with sliced bananas, if desired.

DO AHEAD
The toffee sauce can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm slightly before using.

Recipe adapted from Epicurious.com.

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