Banana Browned Butter Sweet Tahini Cream Cake
Here’s how I begin my cook/book:
Once upon a time there was a scrumptious cook, baker, and candy maker named Roxy. She set off on her Celebrationist journey with this halva frosted browned butter banana cake. What is special about this banana bread iteration is the spoonfuls of thick tangy labneh that offset the overripe bananas. However, the nutty browned butter quality that underscores the rich banana flavor is a golden aspect cannot be underplayed. The product of all this flavor is a fluffy yet dense cake and lends itself to a good #bake moment.
Roxy, a believer in the credo “If you bake it, they will come….” pulls the cake out of the oven and is poised to whip up a bowl of accompanying tahini buttercream:
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Friendly neighbor Lisa drops into the scene and don’t ya know it? It’s a coffee klatsch! And before long, over salivacious foodie shots over fluffy topped squares of rich banana cake redolent of nutty brown butter:WHAMMO BAMMO BANANA RAMA RoxyChox Catering Concepts emerges
INSTAGRAM: If you bake it, the coffee-klatsch will follow!
Browned Butter Banana Sweet Tahini Cake
1 stick of butter
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
pinch of kosher salt
1 tsp. cinnamon, cardamom (your fave warming spice)
3 spotted bananas
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup labneh or plain yogurt mixed with 1/4 cup milk
or
3/4 cup buttermilk
Brown the butter approximately 4-5 minutes, swirl pan, once bubbles turn brown and start to subside. Set aside while you measure dry ingredients.
Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon in medium sized bowl. Mash bananas in big bowl, combine browned butter, sugars, then mix in eggs and vanilla. starting with flour add a third to the mix, then the labneh, mix, add flour and labneh, mix, and end with flour.
Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350F for approx. 30 minutes.
Tahini Frosting:
1/2 cup room temp butter or coconut oil spread
1/2 cup tahini
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of coarse salt
1 tbsp. heavy cream or vegan creamer
Combine and whip first 5 ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
Add heavy cream, if necessary to smooth out frosting.
