Bananas Foster Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 firm ripe bananas, sliced
• 6 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• cinnamon stick
• purchased praline

Recipe

• 1 cake: preheat oven to 350°; beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• 2 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 4 beat at low speed until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape the bowl as needed.
• 5 stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla.
• 6 pour batter into 3 (8 inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray for baking.
• 7 bake for 25 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
• 8 run a sharp knife around edges of pan; cool cake layers in pans of wire racks for 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
• 9 meanwhile, prepare glaze: bring brown sugar, corn syrup, and 3 tablespoons water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring constantly.
• 10 cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until sugar dissolves; stir in butter, rum, and cinnamon.
• 11 frosting: beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 12 gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth; stir in milk and vanilla.
• 13 pierce cake layers with a wooden pick; drizzle with brown sugar rum glaze; let stand for at least 10 minutes.
• 14 spread 1/4 cup frosting on 1 cake layer; arrange half of banana slices over frosting.
• 15 repeat procedures with a second cake layer, 1/4 cup frosting, and remaining half of banana slices.
• 16 top with third cake layer; frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
• 17 garnish, if desired.