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Bananas Foster Pound Cake

March 25, 2012 by The Runaway Spoon 10 Comments

Bananas Foster is a classic New Orleans dessert with a storied history, and is one of the many dishes from the Crescent City’s famed restaurants that have made its way around the world.  And Bananas Foster is an impressive dish to order at a restaurant, when done the old-school way.  An expert server rolls out a cart, heats the sugar for the caramel sauce, sautés the bananas and flames the alcohol.  All tableside, to oohs and aahs, and nowadays, snapping cameras and flashing phones.

But who does that at home?  That experience is best left to the experts, in my opinion.  It is one of those dishes you go to restaurants for.  But rich, rummy caramel and bananas are a great combination.  Though I will admit here that I prefer cakes or cookies made with bananas to actual bananas.  We all have our quirks.  And so I love this cake.  I mean love this cake.  It has a very pronounced fresh banana flavor, and the addition of the mashed fruit makes it incredibly moist.  The rum is just a background note, enhancing the flavor.  The caramel glaze is a boozed-up version of my classic cheat for caramel icing, but the pairing with banana and rum takes it to a whole new level.

This cake makes an amazing dessert for any meal, but for some reason really shouts brunch to me.  Maybe because that’s when I’ve enjoyed the real Bananas Foster at those New Orleans restaurants.  Trust me, whatever the occasion; you want to make this cake.

Bananas Foster Pound Cake

For the Cake:

1 ½ cups (3 sticks) butter, softened

3 cups sugar

5 eggs

3 ripe bananas, mashed

4 Tablespoons dark rum, divided

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

For the Glaze:

¼ cup butter

½ cup light brown sugar, tightly packed

¼ teaspoon salt

1/3 cup heavy cream

2 Tablespoons dark rum

1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted

For the Cake:

Preheat the oven to 350°.  Grease a 10 – inch tube or Bundt pan.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter for a few minutes, then add the sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 5 – 7 minutes.  Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Stir 3 Tablespoons of the rum and vanilla extract into the mashed bananas, then beat the mix into the butter until combined.  Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together, then gradually beat into the batter until completely incorporated.

Spoon the batter into the pan.  Bake for 45- 50 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.  If the cake starts to get too brown, cover it loosely with foil.

Leave the cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes, then carefully invert it onto a cooling rack set over a piece of foil or waxed paper (to catch drips from the glaze). Poke holes on top of the cake with a skewer, then dribble the remaining 1 Tablespoon rum over it, distributing it evenly.  The rum will soak right in.  Leave the cake to cool completely.

For the Glaze:

The cake must be completely cool, or the glaze will slide right off.

Cut the butter into cubes and place in a saucepan with the brown sugar, cream, rum and salt. After everything melts together, bring to a full, rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. When it reaches that boil, count to 60 Mississippi, then pull it off the heat. Leave the pan to cool for about 5 minutes, then vigorously beat in the powdered sugar until smooth.

Immediately pour the glaze over the cake, but do so slowly and evenly to cover as much surface as possible. Leave the glaze to set, then slice and enjoy. Covered tightly, this cake will last a few days.

Serves 10

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Filed Under: Breakfast And Brunch, Fruit, Fruit and Vegetables, Mardi Gras, Snacks And Starters, Southern Specialties, Sweets Tagged With: bananas, brunch, cake, caramel, dessert, pound cake, rum, Southern specialties

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Comments

  1. AKM says

    March 26, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Would rum flavoring work–if, as our is, one’s house was alcohol free?

  2. The Runaway Spoon says

    March 26, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    I don’t see why not. I haven’t used it before so I am not sure how much to use.

  3. your mother says

    March 26, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    This is a triumph! Your father – whose favorite desert is banana pudding – likes this even better. We both loved it.

  4. AKM says

    March 27, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I “googled” rum substitutes, and found this info:

    http://homecooking.about.com/od/alcohol/a/rumtips.htm

    Would you say I would need additional liquid?

    Thanks!

  5. The Runaway Spoon says

    March 27, 2012 at 10:50 am

    No, you don’t need more liquid.

  6. teresa says

    June 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    would like to serve this with ice cream…any ideas on what flavor or maybe a home made ice cream?

  7. The Runaway Spoon says

    June 16, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Plain vanilla would be great, or maybe a caramel variety.

  8. Tiffany says

    July 20, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    I just made this pound cake and oh my word is it amazing!! I haven’t sliced it yet, just picked off some of the rim since it puffed over the edges of my bundt pan but what I’ve tasted, tastes out of this world yummy!! I almost didn’t even use rum since I didn’t have any but glad I went to purchase some Captain Morgan to include in the pound cake. I didn’t poke holes in it and pour the last Tbs of rum in it because I have 2 little ones that will be eating this cake too and I didn’t want it to have any alcohol that was not cooked out of it. The pound cake is cooling now and I’m debating if I should even make the glaze. Does the glaze give it the Fosters taste? If so, then I should probably go ahead and make it. Thank you for this recipe!! It is definitely a keeper and one I will be using often to get rid of ripe bananas. YUMMY!!

  9. Tiffany says

    July 20, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    P.S. I found your recipe on Pinterest btw 🙂 and I wish it didn’t take me over 2 years to find you!!

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    November 4, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    […] be completely honest here. I like banana bread, and this Bananas Foster Pound Cake is a champion. I like banana in cookies too. But I don’t much like a banana. Not straight up, […]

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