Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped, toasted
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup tbsps butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, extact
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 4 large ripe bananas, sliced
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 toast walnuts.set aside to cool.
• 2 combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter in heavy pan -- stir over low heat till butter melts -- and ingredients are well blended.
• 3 pour into a 9" cake pan with 2" high sides --
• 4 spead to coat the bottom of the pan --
• 5 pour maple syrup over sugar mixture --
• 6 sprinkle walnuts evenly over this.
• 7 place banana slices in circles over the nuts, overlapping slightly, and covering the bottom --
• 8 whisk dry ingredients to blend --
• 9 in another bowl, beat sugar and butter in bowl and add to dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• 10 spoon batter over bananas and bake for approximately 30 minutes --
• 11 run a butter knife around sides --
• 12 cool on rack for about 30 minutes.
• 13 invert onto serving plate.leave pan on about 3 minutes.
• 14 life off pan --
• 15 serve warm with whipped topping if desired.