I cannot get enough of this caramel pecan banana cake! And, it’s super easy to make! This cake will definitely bring back some fond memories of foods from your childhood. Or, maybe you aren’t old enough to have these memories, but this cake will give you something to chat about with your grandmother 🙂 Or, maybe you won’t say to much at all ebcause you will be busy eating this delicious cake.
I like this cake with a scoop of ice cream.
How will you eat yours?
Ingredients
5 medium Chiquita bananas
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 box Duncan Hines pound cake mix (1lb box)
3 1/2 oz box instant banana cream pudding mix
2/3 c PET evaporated milk
2 large Eggland’s Best eggs
1/2 c Land O Lakes melted butter
1/2 c toasted pecans, chopped
8 toasted Fisher pecans, halved
3 1/2 oz box Jello butterscotch pudding mix, cook and serve kind
2 Tbsp Domino brown sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mash 2 bananas and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in bowl and set aside.
Slice remaining 3 bananas into 1/2 inch slices on an angle and pour remaining tablespoon of lemon juice on top, set aside.
Beat cake mix, banana pudding mix, milk, eggs and 1/4 cup butter on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Add mashed bananas in lemon juice and beat for 1 more minute.
Let batter rest for 5 minutes
Meanwhile, spray 12 cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Arrange 8 pecans halves in the deep wells of pan, top with sliced bananas (overlapping bananas) in the bottom of bundt pan.
Sprinkle the 1/2 cup toasted pecans on top of bananas.
Mix butterscotch pudding mix and brown sugar together and sprinkle over pecans.
Pour remaining 1/4 cup melted butter over pudding mix.
Let butter and pudding set for 5 minutes
Pour cake mix over top of butter pudding mixture.
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
Invert onto cake plate leaving pan on top for 15 minutes.
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Quick Tip: Use a ricer to mash the bananas if you have one. It will produce the best results.