Banana Foster Coffee Cake
A soft and crumbly classic dessert full of luscious flavors from Down Under.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
- 7 tbsp light rum divided
- 2 cups brown sugar divided
- 1 1/2 cups soft butter divided
- 2 tsp vanilla extract divided
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 large eggs
- 3 1/4 cups flour all-purpose, divided
- 5/8 tsp table salt divided
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups pecans chopped
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups heavy cream
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°. Cook bananas, 3 Tbsp. rum, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in a skillet until mixture is bubbly. Cool; stir in 1 tsp. vanilla.
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Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add1 cup brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
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Stir together 3 cups flour, 1/2 tsp. salt, and next 2 ingredients; add to cream cheese mixture. Beat at low speed to blend. Stir in banana mixture. Spoon into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan.
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Combine pecans, cinnamon, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/4 cup flour. Melt 1/4 cup butter; stir into pecan mixture. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
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Combine granulated sugar, 3 Tbsp. flour, and 1/8 tsp. salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Add cream and 1/2 cup butter; bring to a boil. Boil, whisking constantly, 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat; stir in 1/4 cup rum and 1 tsp. vanilla.
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Heat, Slice and Eat. Cool both, and cover. Chill the sauce, and reheat just before serving.