Goin' Bananas!

Everyone loves a fire show once inawhile! The hubster enjoys to entertain and treat our guests with this fabulously tasting sweet. It's also a great way to get rid of those overly riped bananas. In fact, he should've repeated this show this weekend at a bachelor party in a fully accomodated resort complete with a kitchen. Kids, do not try this at home!

Bananas Foster

The prep time and cook time only takes 15 minutes once you've got it down. You'll need the following:

- 1/3 cup butter (the hubster likes to add his own amount...shhhhh!)

- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

- 3 ripe bananas- bias sliced (2 cups)

- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

- 2 tablespoons creme de cacao, banana liqueur

- 1/4 cup rum

- 2 cups (or more) vanilla ice cream

(Breyer's Vanilla Bean is a great one)

1. In a large skillet, melt butter; stir in brown sugar until melted. Add bananas. Cook gently and stir over medium heat about 2 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Stir in liqueur.

2. In a saucepan, heat rum until it almost simmers. Ignite rum with a long match. Pour over bananas; stir gently to coat. Spoon sauce over ice cream; Serve immediately.

Mom's Banana Cake

This is an old-time favorite. Another great idea for using up those ripened bananas! Here you go:

Preheat oven to 350.

what you'll need:

- 1 1/2 cup flour

- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

- 1/4 tsp baking soda

- 1/8 tsp salt

- 1/4 tsp cinnamon

- 3 medium ripe bananas

- 1 egg

- 3/4 cup sugar

- 1/4 cup oil

- walnuts (chopped) - optional

mixin it...

In a bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon) together.

Set aside.

Mash bananas. Add lightly beaten egg, sugar, oil.

Add this to the dry mixture and stir until just moist (do not overmix). Spoon into a greased loaf pan (8x4x2) and bake at 350 for 50-55 mins.

We are so glad that our little one loooooves his bananas!

But we'll skip the rum for him this time. ; ) He's perfectly content with bananas in his cereal, on top of his pancakes, or just plain by itself.

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