Banana Cake with Pineapple upside down
An easy banana tea cake with flavours of butterscotch and spice, with a delicious layer of caramelized pineapple jam sitting on top of the cake once turned out.
Ingredients:
300g flour
30g cornstarch
2tsp baking powder
1/2tsp baking soda
1tsp cinnamon
1/2tsp dry ginger
3 large bananas
1 stick of butter
250g sugar
2 eggs
30ml brown rum
30 ml applecider-vinegar
200ml Greek yoghurt
1 cup pineapple jam
In a pan, caramelize the bananas with two tablespoons of the butter over high heat.
Turn off the heat, and add the rest of the butter and sugar
Take off the heatsource, let sit for 5 minutes, then beat in the eggs with a whisk.
Whisk together all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl
Add the banana-mixture and fold it in.
Add the rum, applecider-vinegar and yoghurt, and fold it in untill it’s all well mixed.
Add enough extra yoghurt untill you achieve a dripping consistency.
Line and grease the bottom of a 25cm/10inch cake pan. Don’t forget to grease the sides of the pan!
Spread the pineapple jam on the bottom.
Drop in the cake batter, and bake in preheated oven at 400F/200C for 25 to 30 minutes, testing consistency at 20 minutes.
After baking, allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.