Tropical Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 3 bananas, sliced about 1/4 " thick
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/3 cup macadamia nuts, toasted and very coarsely chopped
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. spray a 9" round cake pan with cooking spray.
• 2 in a bowl, pour the rum over the banana slices. set aside.
• 3 in a saucepan, melt the margarine and brown sugar.
• 4 arrange the bananas in the prepared cake pan. sprinkle the coconut over them, then the macadamia nuts. pour the brown sugar mixture over these layers.
• 5 cream the butter and sugar together, then add eggs, beating till smooth.
• 6 in separate bowl, combine dry ingredients (sift or not, up to you).
• 7 slowly add dry ingredients butter/sugar mixture alternately with the milk, beating between additions.
• 8 pour the cake batter over the toppings in pan. bake 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 9 when cake is done, run knife around edge of pan, and invert on serving plate to serve. best served at room temperature.