Our new Banana Nut Cake has implausible taste from bananas, brown sugar, pecans, a little bit of cinnamon, and a selfmade caramel glaze. This scrumptious scratch bundt cake is bound to please a crowd, and it’s easy to make!
Why we Love It
There are such a lot of causes to like this banana nut cake! Listed here are only a few.
The best way to Make Banana Nut Cake
You’ll find the full, printable cake recipe on the backside of this submit. Here’s a fast take a look at our steps!
- First, preheat the oven to 325 levels F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk these dry substances: cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, floor cinnamon, and salt for 30 seconds, put aside.
- In one other bowl, add these moist substances: buttermilk, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, and mashed bananas. Mix and put aside.
- Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium pace till easy.Â
- Steadily add the white and brown sugar and proceed to combine on medium pace for 3 to five minutes till lightened in shade and fluffy.Â
- Add the eggs one by one mixing till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
- With the mixer on low pace, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry substances (3 additions of dry substances and a couple of of liquid. Combine simply till effectively blended- watch out to not over-mix.
- Gently fold within the chopped pecans.
- Scoop batter into the ready bundt pan and bake at 325 levels F for 55-60 minutes or till the highest springs again when evenly touched or a toothpick might be inserted and eliminated with no crumbs or only a few crumbs connected. *Baking instances could differ relying on dimension/sort of pan, and many others. Peek in as the top time approaches and modify time as wanted.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a cooling rack earlier than turning out.
Caramel Glaze
This Banana Nut Cake has superb taste all by itself, nonetheless we cherished the thought of including a caramel glaze. You’ll be able to skip this step and nonetheless have a implausible dessert, however when you’ve got the time, we extremely suggest this straightforward caramel sauce!
It’s a mixture of melted butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. You’ll find the recipe on the backside of this submit.
The combination is dropped at a boil in a saucepan, then cooled to a simmer for about six minutes on the stovetop. The caramel may be very skinny whereas sizzling, however thickens as much as a greater consistency for glazing because it cools.
We have used this caramel on a lot of our desserts, together with our caramel espresso pound cake, snickerdoodle cake, banana pound cake, and apple bundt cake simply to call a number of!
Recipe FAQs
Extra Bundt Muffins
Should you love bundt desserts, we have now many extra to share with you! A few of our favorites are Apple Bundt Cake (cake combine), Candy Potato Bundt Cake, Straightforward Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake, and Chocolate Bundt Cake.
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Preheat oven to 325 levels F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan. (We used a ten inch bundt cake pan which has a baking capability of 12 cups.) This recipe makes about 8 cups of batter.
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In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, floor cinnamon, and salt for 30 seconds, put aside.
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In one other bowl, add the buttermilk, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, and mashed bananas. Mix and put aside.
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Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium pace till easy.Â
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Steadily add the white and brown sugar and proceed to combine on medium pace for 3 to five minutes till lightened in shade and fluffy.Â
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Add the eggs one by one mixing till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
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With the mixer on low pace, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry substances (3 additions of dry substances and a couple of of liquid. Combine simply till effectively blended- watch out to not over-mix.
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Gently fold within the chopped pecans.
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Pour/scoop batter into the ready bundt pan and bake at 325 levels F for 55-60 minutes or till the highest springs again when evenly touched or a toothpick might be inserted and eliminated with no crumbs or only a few crumbs connected. *Baking instances could differ relying on dimension/sort of pan, and many others. Peek in as the top time approaches and modify time as wanted.
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Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a cooling rack earlier than turning out.
Caramel Glaze
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Utilizing a medium dimension saucepan (deep sufficient to forestall boil over) soften the butter over medium warmth.
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Add the brown sugar and the remaining substances and warmth on medium excessive warmth.
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Stir to mix, attempt to hold combination off the edges of the pan. As soon as the combination begins to boil, scale back the warmth to low.
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Simmer for six minutes, checking usually to ensure that it isn’t going to boil over. It ought to nonetheless be effervescent. After 6 minutes, take away from warmth.
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Take into account that the caramel with thicken up a bit because it cools. You’ll be able to pour it into a protracted glass casserole dish if you’d like it to chill extra rapidly. We frequently refrigerate to chill it off as effectively.
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Apply the thickened glaze to the cooled cake both with a spoon, or for extra management, spoon it right into a disposable piping bag (or ziplock bag) with the tip snipped away.
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Makes about 1 cup caramel sauce. It may be saved within the fridge in an hermetic container as much as 2 weeks.
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Cake is ok to sit down at room temperature in a cool place in your own home for 1-2 days in an hermetic container or beneath a cake dome. To increase freshness, after 1-2 days, you possibly can transfer it to the fridge. Nonetheless, for finest taste and texture, heat the chilled slices to not less than room temperature earlier than serving.
- Substitute for Buttermilk: To a measuring cup, add 1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice. Add milk to the 1 ½ mark, stir.  Wait 5 minutes and it is able to use.
