Roasted Banana Cake

Ingredients

Roasted Bananas
• 3 bananas
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
Cake
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or canola oil)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup milk or half & half
• 2 cups flour
Icing
• 1 cup butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk or half & half
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

1. Peel bananas and slice lengthwise. Place bananas in a baking dish and sprinkle with 1/4 cup brown sugar. Bake at 400F for about 30 minutes.
2. In a mixing bowl, cream butter, oil, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and roasted bananas and mix well. Add salt and baking powder and mix well. Add half & half and flour, and mix until combined. This should create a heavy batter.
3. Spread batter evenly in a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes, (mine took 25) until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove from oven, and let cool.
4. In a saucepan, cook butter over medium high heat several minutes, stirring occasionally, until it browns. Once it starts to brown, it can burn quickly, so watch closely, and remove it from the heat as soon as it reaches the desired color. Add half & half, cinnamon, and powdered sugar to the butter, and stir until smooth. Spread frosting evenly on the cake.