Caramelised Banana and Spiced Whisky Upside-down Cake
Photography by Josh Griggs.
Combining bananas, whisky and brown sugar with warm, aromatic spices make a fantastic and very popular afternoon tea or dessert cake.
Serves: 6-8
INGREDIENTS
Base
60 grams butter, diced
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ cup whisky
5 medium firm-but-ripe bananas
Cake
1 cup mashed over-ripe bananas (about 3)
2 large eggs, size 7
½ cup rice bran oil
½ cup each brown sugar and caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon each ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, and ground ginger
½ teaspoon sea salt
To serve
whipped cream
METHOD
Equipment: Grease a 22cm square x 6cm deep cake tin.
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake.
Base: Put the butter, sugar and cinnamon in a small saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the whisky and boil gently for 4 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then tip into the base of the tin.
Slice the bananas lengthways and place cut side down in the tin, trimming them to fit and cover the base. Set aside.
Cake: Whisk the bananas, eggs, oil, both sugars and the vanilla together in a large bowl. Add the combined flour, baking powder, spices and salt and whisk until well combined. Gently spoon the batter over the bananas, taking care not to dislodge them and smooth the top.
Bake for 40 minutes until puffed and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 minutes then run a knife around the inside of the tin. Invert the cake onto a serving plate with a small rim and replace any bananas that might be stuck on the base along with any caramel.
Serve warm or at room temperature with lashings of cream.
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