Bananas Foster Cake
A dense cake filled with a warm banana-rum filling and a sweet creamy buttercream with banana caramel - a rich and sweet dessert with pops of fruity banana.
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups mashed banana (from 5 (6 oz.) bananas)
- 1 cup canola oil
- ¾ cup plain whole greek yogurt
- ¼ cup whole buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 ½ very ripe bananas, mashed
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1 1/2 vanilla beans
- 4 tablespoons dark rum (such as meyer’s dark rum), divided
- 3 ripe bananas, sliced
- 2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup salted banana caramel sauce