BANANAS FOSTER UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

 Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cake

One quick flip and this bananas foster upside- down cake tumbles from the skillet perfectly golden and party ready.

  Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup butter, softened and divided

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

2 tablespoons rum 2 ripe bananas

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup sour cream

Step 1 Preheat oven to 350°. Bake pecans in a single layer 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring once.

Step 2 Melt 1/4 cup butter in a lightly greased 10-inch cast-iron skillet or 9-inch round cake pan (with sides that are at least 2 inches high) over low heat. Remove from heat; stir in brown sugar and rum.

slices; arrange in concentric circles over brown sugar mixture. Sprinkle pecans over bananas.

      Step 3

Cut bananas diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick

 1 teaspoon vanilla

Step 4 Beat granulated

       extract

2 cups all-purpose

sugar and remaining 1/4 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until

                                                                                                                 baking mix

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add milk and next 2 ingredients; beat just until blended. Beat in baking mix and cinnamon until blended. (Batter will be slightly lumpy.) Pour batter over mixture in skillet. Place skillet on a foil- lined jelly-roll pan.

Step 5 Bake at 350° for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in skillet on a wire rack 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge to loosen. Invert onto a serving plate, spooning any topping in skillet over cake.