Banana-Walnut Upside Down Cake

By chelyc13

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tblsp buttter, divided
• 3 tblsp pure maple syrup
• 1/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped and toasted
• 4 ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6 tblsp milk

Preparation

Step 1

Combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan; cook over low heat until butter melts and mixture is well blended. Pour in a 9 inch round cake pan, spreading to coat bottom of pan. Pour maple syrup over sugar mixture and sprinkle evenly with wlanuts. Place banana slices in concentric circles over nuts, overlapping slightly and covering bottom.

Blend together sugar and remaining 6 tblsp butter until fluffy in a large mixing bowl; add egg and vanilla, beating until well blended. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter over bananas and bake at 325 degrees for 55 minutes or unitl a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Carefully run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen. Cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes; invert cake onto a serving platter. Let stand 3 minutes; remove cake from pan. Serve warm with whipped cream.