Five For...Bananas Foster Banana Bread

I found this recipe at the Brown Eyed Baker. The picture above has a little story. We made these muffin/cupcakes a few days ago. By the time I got around to taking a decent picture (or any pictures at all), this was the lone muffin left, so no beautiful presentation of a mountain of cakes. Just one....and this one didn't last long either!

Here is the recipe:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine ingredients for streusel topping in a medium bowl and combine with fingers to create a crumbly topping with the butter evenly distributed. Set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl to combine. Set aside.
• On medium speed, beat the sugar and vegetable oil to combine. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each until combined. Add the mashed bananas and vanilla extract; beat to combine. Alternatively add the flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat just until the flour is incorporated and finish mixing with a spatula.
• Spread batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the batter. Bake until a thin knife inserted in the center comes out almost clean, about 60 minutes.
• To make the rum glaze, combine the butter, water and sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum. Set aside and cover to keep warm.
• Cool the cake on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then, using a skewer poke holes all over the top of the loaf. Spoon about ¼ cup of the rum glaze all over the loaf. Let the cake sit for about 5 minutes and then spoon the remaining glaze over it, a little at a time, until it is all absorbed into the bread.

Since we have young kids, we omitted the rum glaze and just made a butter/sugar syrup. Also, the recipe is for a loaf, but this made about 16 large cupcakes/small muffins and the cooking time was adjusted to about half.

I really do wish this picture could do justice to the taste of this cake. It is AMAZING.

All I can say is.....try it!