Bolo De Banana Caramelizada Caramelized Banana Cake Food

BOLO DE BANANA CARAMELIZADA (CARAMELIZED BANANA CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking pan with butter; dust with flour, shaking off excess.
• Beat 2 cups sugar, oil, and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in milk. Add 2 cups flour and baking powder; beat until batter is smooth.
• Combine 3/4 cup sugar and water in a small saucepan. Simmer until sugar dissolves and syrup is clear and thick, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Pour syrup into prepared baking pan. Arrange banana halves on top. Pour batter over bananas.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a platter.

CARAMELIZED BANANA LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325°F Grease a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan. Trim both ends off each of 3 bananas to fit crosswise in the pan; reserve the ends. Halve the long banana pieces lengthwise; peel and transfer to a plate.
• In a large, heavy skillet, bring 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoon water to a boil, without stirring. Cook until the water has evaporated and the mixture starts turning amber. Remove from the heat and swirl in the butter with a fork. Add the long banana pieces cut side down and cook over low heat for 1 minute; transfer to the prepared loaf pan, arranging them crosswise, cut side down. Drizzle the remaining caramel on top.
• In a medium bowl, mash the banana end pieces to equal 1 cup (add more banana if necessary). Mash in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Beat in the whole egg, egg white and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the banana mixture and oil, whisk until blended. Scrape the batter over the bananas in the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes; invert the cake onto a platter and let cool completely.

BANANA CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 13x9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
• BEAT cake mix, cinnamon, eggs, water and oil in medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in mashed bananas. Stir in nuts. Spread in prepared pan.
• BAKE 34 to 36 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 45 minutes. Serve warm. Top each serving with sliced bananas. Drizzle with caramel syrup.

CARAMELIZED BANANAS

Steps:

• chocolate-Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet. Add 2 sliced bananas and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Cook until golden and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the bananas with cinnamon and spoon over rum raisin ice cream.
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ONE-BOWL CARAMELIZED BANANA BREAD BUNDT CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Generously spray 10- or 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.
• In large microwavable bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and bananas. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute 40 seconds to 2 minutes or until bananas are cooked and caramelized.
• Add cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil and eggs. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes. Stir in walnuts. Pour into pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; turn upside down onto cooling rack or heatproof serving plate, and remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Place cake on serving plate.
• Drizzle cake with caramel topping. Sprinkle with kosher salt.

BOLO DE BANANA - BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Brown sugar in large pot until sugar melts.
• NOTE: Add just enough water to make a heavy syrup (I had to give an amt!).
• Pour syrup into Bundt pan and turn to spread over bottom and sides.
• Slice bananas length-wise into four thin slices; sprinkle with cinnamon; lay banana slices up the sides of the bundt pan (outside and center).
• NOTE: According to Lucia, don't sprinkle cinnamon on the "outside" of the bananas as it turns it dark.
• CAKE: Mix together 3 egg yolks, butter, and sugar; beat til light.
• Stir in milk, flour, & baking powder.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold into cake batter.
• Bake at 375 until cake is done (toothpick comes out clean).
• NOTE: Lucia said to bake for 20 minutes but it may take longer.
• Let cool in pan; carefully invert onto cake plate/serving platter.
• "Slice the cake and delight in it's taste" - Lucia Ceresini 10-28-98.