Ingredients
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1 cup walnuts, chopped
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 3/4 cups flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 1/2 cups ripe bananas, mashed
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2 teaspoons orange zest
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2 tablespoons orange juice
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2 large eggs
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1 cup light brown sugar, packed
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3/4 cup vegetable oil
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1/2 cup sour cream
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1 cup buttermilk
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
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2 tablespoons light corn syrup
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4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Generously butter a 9x5" loaf pan.or 8" round cake pan.dust with flour and shake out excess.set aside.
- Coarsely chop walnuts and toss with 2 tbls of flour.
- Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and set aside.
- Combine mashed bananas with orange juce, set aside.
- Combine eggs, sugar, oil, sour cream and orange peel in the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle and beat on medium-high 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in mashed banana mixture.and beat for 1 more minute.
- Add flour mixture on low speed just till combined.
- Stir in floured walnuts with wooden spoon.
- Pour into prepared pan; shake gently.
- Place on lower rack in oven.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes at 350°F.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.
- To prepare GLAZE: Combine all glaze ingredients except butter and vanilla; in a saucepan and cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
- Cover pan, raise heat and boil for 3 minutes.
- Uncover, reduce heat to medium -- cook without stirring, but swirl pan until honey thickness, about 5-7 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla.
- Cool completely and spread on cake.