Banana Upside-Down Cake

I followed the directions with the exception of cutting down the baking time to 25 minutes as the cakes were done. I felt it was dry and the taste was marginal.

Just finished making this. I made a banana cake batter from scratch – needed to use up a lot of bananas! Divided the batter into 2 – one for a small bundt pan and the other for a regular cake pan. A lot of the caramel mix stayed in the pans. I had cooled them 10 minutes, and that was probably why. Haven’t tasted yet, but it looks wonderful.

It was ok if I picked the bananas off. Did anyone else have the bananas take on a very strange almost rubbery texture? Probably won’t try it again. Had high hopes after all the reviews.

I’m an average baker and was originally scared off by the idea of everything sticking to the pan. I decided to try a spring form pan and it turned out great. I used baking spray on bottom and sides, baked it for 55 minutes , let it partially cool, then flipped it over with almost nothing sticking. I failed to realize that stuff was going to seep out of the bottom of the spring form pan bottom, so be sure to put it on a cookie sheet covered with foil. Also, I had to put foil around the edges about 20 minutes into baking t o keep the edges from overbrowning. I followed the other reviewers’ tips and added a mashed up, ripe banana and half of a small box of instant banana pudding mix. I also added coconut on top of the pecans before adding the cake mixture. I used yellow cake since I couldn’t find banana. After it was cool, I did a chocolate drizzle just to make it look good and add a touch of chocolate. It tasted great and the only change I might make is to double up on the bananas. I would’ve liked a more pronounced banana taste. Definitely making this again because it was easy, impressive to look at, tasted great and made folks actually think I can bake.

I love this website! Reading the reviews has almost always given me amazing results for any of the recipes I’ve made over these many years. This one is no exception. I took a picture of it because it looks so wonderful! I used a yellow (pudding) cake mix. added 1/2 tsp of baking soda and put 3 mashed and very ripe bananas into the batter. I did increase the butter, sugar and nuts for the topping, as suggested. SOOOO good!

I made this last night and it was absolutely delicious. I did use 1/2 c butter and 3/4 c Brown sugar for the bottom and cooked it in a 9×13 pan without dividing the cake mixture. It took about 35 minutes to bake. We served it with vanilla ice cream. All 5 of my kids LOVED it. Will be making this again!

I loved this cake. It was moist and the flavors all really came together. I did use a yellow cake mix just because I couldn’t find a banana cake mix. I made it in a 9′ x 13′ pan as well as I don’t have 8 inch round pans. Due to the difference in pan size I only had to bake it like 30 minutes. My advice when it smells done it probably is done.

This was fantastic! Used canola oil instead of butter in my yellow cake mix, and added a tsp of coconut extract and a cup of shredded coconut to the batter. Also sprinkled coconut in the pan before putting the banana slices in. This was soooo moist and delicious!

This is deeelicious! I couldn’t find banana cake mix so I used a yellow mix and added a mashed banana to it. I love butter/sugar/pecan topping so I decided to double it, but it made it a little too sweet, so next time I’ll only do 1 1/2 x’s the butter/sugar but double the nuts. Lastly, I wanted one big cake so I just used a 9×13 pan and baked it for 40 minutes. Turned out onto a platter as soon as it came out and there was no sticking and it looked very pretty. I ate a piece warm and the bananas just melt in your mouth. So good!

Ten stars !!! I changed the recipe just a bit. Here is what I did: Yellow cake with pudding in the mix (it is all I had) 1 stick of butter/margarine; 3/4 cup brown sugar; no pecans. Melted the butter and mixed in the brown sugar. Used a bundt pan and poured the butter/brown sugar mixture in the bottom of the bundt pan after lightly greasing. Sliced four bananas and placed them on top of the butter/brown sugar mixture. Mixed the cake mix according to package directions and poured over bananas. It took 40 minutes at 350 for mine to be done. Let it cool for about 15 minutes in the pan and then inverted onto a cake plate. Very pretty and looks scrumptious.

Sooo good! My kids liked it better than pineapple upside down cake. Kept it in the fridge and thought it was even better a day later.

Yum! Best Dessert Ever! We also used a yellow cake mix with 2-1/2 mashed bananas and then made as directed but put it all in a 9×13 cake pan. We’re thinking about making it as a layered cake next time in a bundt pan!

This was fantastic!!! I didn’t have banana cake mix, so I used moist yellow cake mix instead. I mashed a banana with spiced rum and added it to the mix. I also doubled the topping mix and divided it all into cupcake pans. Absolutely amazing!!!!

Banana is my favourite cake and this was fantastic! We like a little denser banana cake so next time I will use a Banana Muffin Mix instead of the regular banana cake mix. Oh, so delicious! Thanks for the great recipe!

This is a very good recipe and very versatile. I have made it twice. First time, I made it as written and it was very tasty, but not nearly enough topping. The second time I made it, I used Yellow cake mix and a box of Banana pudding mix, I doubled the topping, but I used Macadamia Nuts instead of Pecans and I added Coconut. I also added mini chocolate chips to the batter and added 1/4 cup of Amarula Cream Liquer. It was FANTASTIC!!

Very moist and yummy. I didn’t have banana cake mix so I used yellow cake and it was just as good, I’m sure. Also added cinnamon to the cake mix. Cooked about 30 min. in one 9×13 pan.

This is really good! No more banana bread, I will be making this cake! mmmmmmmmm

I could not get enough. Best cake ever. Made in an 11x9x2″ sheet cake pan.

Very Good and Moist. My husband’s new favorite dessert

Very good cake. I used very ripe bananas and I used a butter pecan cake mix since I could not find a banana cake mix here. I also added a banana to the cake mixture. I went ahead and stake the cakes instead of having two seperate cakes.

I have tweaked the recpie slightly to suit my taste, but it is an amazing cake and everyone raves about it. Thanks!