Bananas Foster Layer Cake

• Produce

  • 1 Bananas
  • 2 Bananas, large

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Egg whites

• Condiments

  • 2 Foster sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 cup Brown sugar, dark packed
  • 3 cups Cake flour
  • 5 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Icing
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 8 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 cup Shortening
  • 2 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Cake layers

• Dairy

  • 2 cups Butter, salted
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp Heavy cream

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1/4 cup Rum, dark

• Liquids

  • 4 tbsp Water

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Ingredients

• Cake Layers
• 1 1/2 cups salted butter
• 2 1/3 cups sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• Fosters Sauce
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp heavy cream
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• Bananas
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2-3 large bananas, sliced
• Icing
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 8 cups powdered sugar
• fosters sauce, from sauce made above
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 tbsp water

Directions

• To make cake layers:
• 1. Grease the sides of three 9 inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment circles. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• 3. Add egg whites and vanilla and beat on medium speed for about 1 minute.
• 4. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• 5. Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until incorporated.
• 6. Add about half of the buttermilk and mix until incorporated.
• 7. Continue adding dry and wet ingredients alternatively and beating until incorporated after each addition. End with dry ingredients.
• 8. Divide batter evenly into cake pans.
• 9. Bake 25-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs.
• 10. Allow cakes to cool for 5-10 minutes, the remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
• To make fosters sauce:
• 1. Once cake is cool, melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• 2. Add brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and heavy cream and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 3. Pour rum into pan, then use a lighter (or something similar) to light the rum. Be careful, the flame can get somewhat high. Once lit, allow it to cook, swirling the pan a few times to disperse the rum and flames. It should burn out within a minute or two, but if not, swirl a little more to help it burn out.
• 4. Continue cooking another 1-2 minutes to thicken sauce.
• 5. Remove from heat, whisk another minute, then pour into another bowl to cool for about 15 minutes. Set about a 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp of sauce aside in another bowl. The larger amount of sauce will go into the icing. The smaller amount will be used in the cake and on top.
• To prepare bananas:
• 1. While fosters sauce cools, combine cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
• 2. Pour over sliced bananas and toss to coat.
• To make icing:
• 1. In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening until smooth.
• 2. Add 4 cups of powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
• 3. Add the fosters sauce made above and mix until combined. There should still be another 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp set aside for the rest of the cake.
• 4. Add cinnamon and remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add water until you get a nice, smooth consistency.
• To put the cake together:
• 1. Remove the domes of the cake layers with a large serrated knife. The cakes should be fairly flat, but flatten them out as needed.
• 2. Place first layer of cake on your cake stand or plate.
• 3. Spread 1/4 cup of fosters sauce over the cake layer and let it soak into the cake.
• 4. Pipe an icing dam around the edge of the cake.
• 5. Add a layer of sliced bananas within the cake dam. Fill in the space between the bananas and spread a thin layer of icing over the bananas. The bananas can poke through the icing, but it should be an even layer, so that the cake is flat.
• 6. Repeat steps 2-5 with the second layer of cake.
• 7. Place remaining layer of cake on top.
• 8. Ice the outside of the cake. Start by filling in the spaces between the cake layers, then ice the full cake.
• 9. Top cake with banana slices (fresh or dried) and drizzle remaining 3 tbsp of fosters sauce around the edge.