Ingredients
Bananas:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
2 ripe but firm bananas, sliced 1/4-inch thick
Cake:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
1 egg
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
Honey Tips
How Honey is Made
To make honey, bees drop the collected nectar into the honeycomb and then evaporate it by fanning their wings.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Bananas:
Melt butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat. Whisk in sugar and honey until well combined. Pour into a 9-inch cake pan. Arrange banana slices on top in concentric circles, covering bottom of pan.
Cake:
In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to batter alternately with milk, in two additions. Beat 1 minute at medium speed. Spoon batter over bananas. Place in oven with a piece of foil on the rack below pan to catch any overflow.
Bake until golden brown and cake tests done, about 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool 5 minutes. Place a platter over cake. Turn cake over onto platter. Let stand 15 minutes. Remove cake pan. Replace any bananas if necessary.
Serves: 8
Bananas:
Melt butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat. Whisk in sugar and honey until well combined. Pour into a 9-inch cake pan. Arrange banana slices on top in concentric circles, covering bottom of pan.
Cake:
In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to batter alternately with milk, in two additions. Beat 1 minute at medium speed. Spoon batter over bananas. Place in oven with a piece of foil on the rack below pan to catch any overflow.
Bake until golden brown and cake tests done, about 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool 5 minutes. Place a platter over cake. Turn cake over onto platter. Let stand 15 minutes. Remove cake pan. Replace any bananas if necessary.
Serves: 8
