Banana Brown Butter Baby Bundt… say that five times fast! I am pretty good about getting through my weekly bananas – five or six for the week, for before all my runs. But sometimes, the bananas are not on the same schedule as me, and I wind up with one that gets too brown. And then, what’s a girl to do? She has to make a Banana Brown Butter Coffee Cake. That’s what she has to do.
I could have just made a one-banana loaf, but I wanted to spice things up a bit. And with my parents coming into town this weekend, I knew a coffee-cake style treat would not go amiss. I also just love how easy it is to make a simple banana bread into a far fancier treat. Brown some butter, throw in some cinnamon sugar, and give it a glaze. Put it together and what do you get? Bippity bobbidi boo!
(Cinderella 2 is on the brain, more than usual, because I watched it with my niece last week.)
I was on such a coffee cake kick last year in prep for the State Fair, but I stopped making it as much this year. I will strive to correct that going forward, because coffee cake really does allow for some fun and exciting combinations. Even when it’s just a zhushed-up banana bread.
It’s also cake for breakfast, which is always welcome.
I also feel the need to mention that recipe only uses one banana! It’s simply asking to be made. Surely you all have one little banana to spare? To turn into something… far tastier than a singlemushy banana!
Print
Print
PinIngredients
For the cake:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- Just under 1 cup milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 ripe banana, mashed with a fork
Filling:
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
For the glaze (optional):
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, browned
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease your baby Bundt pan with butter or oil and dust with flour.
- In a small saucepan, brown the 1/2 cup unsalted butter. Remove from the heat and pour into a large mixing bowl to cool.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk well to combine, and set aside.
- To the brown butter, add the 1 cup sugar. Add the 1 egg to a liquid measuring cup and then add milk to make one cup. Add this to the mixing bowl with the butter and sugar. Whisk well. Then add the 1 ripe banana, mashed with a fork, and whisk until everything is well combined.
- Finally, fold in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
- Mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the cinnamon filling.
- Pour half the batter into the prepared pan, then sprinkle with cinnamon mixture. Pour the rest of the batter in. Bake for about 45-50 minutes, until risen and golden brown on top, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- You can also make this in a loaf pan by baking for 45-60 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan before removing.
- To make the glaze: Brown the butter and then combine all the ingredients, adding enough milk to make a spreadable glaze. Glaze and allow to cool.