As a bonus recipe, in the recipe card below we also include a the Real Banana Foster Dessert recipe for those who want to experience the dessert and not the cake which is super fast and easy but both recipes are off the charts delicious.
The cake is made with simple pantry ingredients like butter, sugar, salt, baking soda and powder, and bananas but the flavor comes from the bananas and rum combinations that are simply decadent.
When is a holiday celebration, this cake is certainly impressive piled high with either whipped cream or vanilla cream then topped with sliced bananas it's one your family and friends will remember for a very long time.
Being the cake is made from scratch it will be a little more dense, but certainly not dry with the layer of bananas on the bottom.
The first time I had this cake was on a cruise, and I had to try and recreate it, this cake was actually better than the cruise cake!
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Shopping List to Make Banana Foster Cake with Rum
- unsalted butter
- firmly packed light brown sugar
- mashed ripe banana
- dark rum
- Cake Batter:
- unsalted butter, at room temperature
- milk
- large eggs, room temperature, and lightly beaten
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- Whipped Cream: heavy cream, sugar .rum or banana flavoring
- For the Photo Below Real Banana Foster Dessert Recipe (scroll down to the recipe card it's at the bottom of the cake post under instructions)
Pans To Use
- 13 x 9 sheet pan of any kind
- two 9 x 9 cake pans( use to do 2 layers and filled
- cupcakes layer each tin with evenly then batter
- two square pans for a two-layer square cake
Fruit Substitutions (around 2 1/2 cups)
- pineapple
- mango
- blueberries
- diced soft peaches
- pears
- finely mince apples
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Yield: 16
Banana Foster Rum Cake
This is a fresh rum banana cake with rum. Served with real whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Also, there is a recipe at the end for Real Banana Foster.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 40 MinTotal time: 50 Min
Ingredients
- Banana Foster Layer:
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 1/4 cups mashed ripe banana (about 5 large)
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- Cake Batter:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 large eggs, room temperature and lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- This is optional:
- 1/3 cup dark rum (this is if you would like to heat this at the end, ignite the hot rum that has simmered in a saucepan, wait until the flame dies out, and pour over the cake.
- Whipped Cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons rum or banana flavoring
Instructions
- Melt 1/3 cup unsalted butter into a 13x9-inch pan; place in a 350-degree oven for 5 minutes until melted.
- Remove from oven, and coat sides of pan with cooking spray.
- Add brown sugar and stir to combine with the melted butter spread evenly into the pan.
- Mash 3 of the 5 bananas and add 1/4 cup dark rum mix together.
- Arrange mashed bananas in brown sugar butter mixture to cover the surface of the pan and set aside.
- Combine the rest of the bananas (2 left) and mash add the butter, milk eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add to the mashed banana mixture and fold into the dry ingredients.
- Pour batter evenly over bananas and brown sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 1 minute.
- Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan with a knife, and invert it onto a large rectangular serving platter.
- Optional: Before serving heat the dark rum in a pan, Ignite with a long match, once the flame goes out drizzle over the cake.
- Cake can be served plain with vanilla ice cream or whipped banana flavored cream on top.
- For Banana Whipped Cream, whip heavy cream until peaks form, adding sugar and banana extract flavoring while whipping.
- Real Banana Foster Dessert Recipe Version Photo above is the 3rd photo (no cake):
- Banana Foster 4 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced diagonally
- 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup dark rum (or banana liqueur for a non-alcoholic version)
- Vanilla ice cream for serving or another flavor you prefer (you can also just use frozen whipping topping)
- Garnish: Whipped cream
- Directions:
- In a small saucepan add the butter on low heat and melt it. Add the cinnamon and brown sugar then simmer in the pot for 3 minutes. Stir constantly. Add the bananas and simmer for 2 more minutes or until the sauce coats the bananas. Add the rum on top and using a long match or long butane lighter, ignite the rum with it to provide a flame. Once this alcohol burns off and the flame dies down simmer a little longer to thicken the sauce.
- Spoon into a bowl, top with ice cream and a little of the banana and sauce on top. (Garnish with whipped cream on top if desired).
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