Smoked Bananas Bread Bourbon Soaked Cake
Andy Nguyen
Photo by Andy Nguyen
- Serves
- 6-8
elevating those not so pretty, overripe brown bananas into a work of art.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, dark
- 3 eggs, whole
- 4 bananas, ripe, overripe is best
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1-1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 pound cream cheese
- 12 ounce butter, soft
- 1-1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 bananas, ripe but with firmness
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 4 tablespoon butter
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Directions
- Step 1
Cream butter and sugar until light and airy 3-5 minutes
- Step 2
Add eggs one at a time, until fully incorporated
- Step 3
Add bananas, vanilla, salt, and mix
- Step 4
Add flour and baking soda and mix gently
- Step 5
Add milk, gently fold.
- Step 6
place in prepared baking dishes, bake until firm and springs back I baked mine on my smoker at 325 degrees for 1 hour
- Step 7
Brown Butter Frosting: Heat butter until it starts to bubble and brown, be careful to keep a close eye because it can change in a split second should take anywhere from 2-4 minutes.
- Step 8
In a mixing bowl whip cream cheese and powdered sugar until light and airy.
- Step 9
be very careful and gently pour the butter into the mixer and whip until smooth, airy and delicious! Set in fridge for 10-15 minutes.
- Step 10
For the Bananas: Melt butter, and saute bananas in brown sugar, deglaze with bourbon and set aside.
- Step 11
To assemble: Cake, frosting, bananas, Cake :) You can cut the cakes in half and more layers if you want too, go Bananas!!!! Be Creative!