Upsidedown Hazelnut Banana Cake

Name: Upsidedown Hazelnut Banana Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 118 milliliters banana puree, from 1 or 2 bananas; 8 servings Whole bananas; 177 milliliters butter; 227 grams dark brown sugar; 2 eggs; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 151 grams hazelnuts; 118 milliliters chopped toasted hazelnuts; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 237 milliliters sugar; 8 Tbsps unsalted butter (1 stick); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Upsidedown Hazelnut Banan

Instructions

Special equipment: 9-inch cake pan

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Cake Form

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter the cake pan.

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Butter

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Cake Form

Oven

Toast the nuts and let them cool completely.

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Sandwich Bread

Nuts

In a food processor, grind the nuts with the sugar until very fine.

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Sugar

Nuts

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Food Processor

Using a hand-held mixer, cream the butter; then add the sugar mixture.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Blender

Add the eggs and mix.

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Egg

Add the sour cream and vanilla and stir.

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Sour Cream

Vanilla

Mix in the banana puree. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt to make a smooth batter.

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Baking Powder

Banana Puree

All Purpose Flour

Salt

To bake, cover the bottom of the cake pan with some of the warmed hazelnut schmear (microwave 40 seconds or so). Fan some banana slices over it and spoon in the batter.

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Hazelnuts

Banana

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Microwave

Oven

Cake Form

Bake until just set, about 35 to 40 minutes. Keep warm in a low oven and turn it out at the last minute.

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Oven

Melt the butter.

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Butter

Remove from the heat and whisk in the brown sugar and the nuts. Store in the refrigerator.

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Brown Sugar

Nuts

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Whisk

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 118milliliters

banana puree, from 1 or 2 bananas 8servings

Whole bananas 177milliliters

butter 227grams

dark brown sugar 2

eggs 414milliliters

all-purpose flour 151grams

hazelnuts 118milliliters

chopped toasted hazelnuts 1teaspoon

salt 237milliliters

sour cream 237milliliters

sugar 8Tbsps

unsalted butter (1 stick)2teaspoons

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Alcoholic Drink, Ingredient, Food Product Category, Wine, Red Wine, Sherry, Port, Dessert Wine, Drink, Moscato, Menu Item Type, Moscato Dasti

Banana Cake works really well with Cream Sherry, Alcoholic Drink, and Ingredient. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "