Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake Recipe

• 1 c. (packed) golden sugar
• 1/4 c. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 3 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
• 1/4 c. coarsely minced tasted walnuts
• 4 lrg ripe bananas. peeled, cut diagonally into
• 1/4 x inch-thick slices
• 1 c. all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking pwdr
• 1/2 tsp grnd cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 6 Tbsp. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 lrg egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 Tbsp. lowfat milk Sweetened whipped cream

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Combine sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan.
2. Stir over low heat till butter melts and mix is well blended.
3. Pour into 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides.
4. Spread to coat bottom of pan.
5. Pour maple syrup over sugar mix.
6. Sprinkle nuts proportionately over.
7. Place banana slices in concentric circles on nuts, overlapping slightly and covering bottom.
8. For cake:Stir flour, baking pwdr, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl to blend.
9. Beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl till creamy.
10. Add in egg and vanilla; beat till light and fluffy.
11. Beat in flour mix alternately with lowfat milk in 3 additions.
12. Spoon batter over bananas.
13. Bake till tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 55 min.
14. Transfer cake to rack.
15. Run knife around pan sides.
16. Cold cake on rack 30 min.
17. Place plate over pan; invert cake.
18. Let stand 3 min, then gently lift off pan.
19. Serve hot with whipped cream.
20. Serves 8.
21. The upside-down cake-so popular in the fifties and sixties-has been making a come-back lately.
22. This version has a banana, walnut and maple topping, and tender cake.
23. March 1996

golden sugar, butter, maple syrup, walnuts, bananas, flour, baking pwdr, cinnamon, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, egg, vanilla, milk

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/banana-walnut-upside-down-cake-recipe-77821 (may not work)