Thursday, September 15, 2011

Banana's Foster Fritters


The first time I remember having bananas foster was early on in my dating life with Hubby.  We went to a dinner party hosted by one of my co-workers at the time and they made it for dessert served over ice cream. As I watched my co-worker's husband make the dish, I was wowed by the drama of it.  The rum caught on fire lighting up the pan while the bananas flambeed amdist a gooey caramel like rum sauce.  What I was most impressed with was the simple ingredients involved and how quickly a delicious and impressive dessert came together. 

Baked Explorations Banana's Foster Fritters are inspired by the classic dish.  It's bananas foster meets donut.  I was worried this would be a lot more complicated than its inspiration dish.  But it really wasn't.  The dough is very simple and comes together quickly and easily.  The rum dipping sauce takes just a few minutes in a saucepan.  The most challenging part was the frying.  I still struggle with frying and getting oil to the right temperature.  The recipe recommends 375 degrees, but I found that too hot.  My first fritter was very dark on the outside but still raw on the inside.  I lowered the heat and found 350-360 worked best for me, however, the outside was still a tad darker than I would have liked it to be.  But at least the dough wasn't raw!  As you can see I gave these a solid dusting of  cinnamon powdered sugar.


The result?  A crisp texture on the outside with a moist cakey inside.  The bananas are incorporated into the dough and the dipping sauce is what makes this a "fosters" fritter instead of just a banana fritter.  With brown sugar, butter and a little rum, among other things, the sauce has the same flavor as the gooey goodness from a traditional banana's foster.  Seems like the sauce was a big hit with many of the Club: Baked bakers.  Some have even suggested this would be a good sauce/syrup for pancakes, waffles or french toast or a topping for ice cream.  All great ideas!

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you the best part!  You probably already noticed in the pictures, I added chocolate chips into the dough of a few of the fritters.  I love banana and chocolate together.  It was delicious!


Hubby enjoyed these (the ones without chocolate chips of course), which is always a pleasant surprise coming from my non dessert loving husband.  I made half a batch and ended up with 8 small fritters.

Thank you to Stephanie of Ice Cream Before Dinner for choosing this week's tasty recipe.  You can find the recipe over on her site.  To see how other bakers did with their fritters head over the Club: Baked site

Next up on the Club: Baked roster...Pumpkin Cheddar Muffins on October 1st.  I'm not gonna lie, this one sounds a little odd to me.  I have had mixed feelings about savory muffins in the past.  But I'm curious about the combination of pumpkin and cheddar.  This one is definitely outside my comfort zone--which isn't a bad thing!

10 comments:

  1. Your pictures are amazing! I love the close-ups. I should have just tried one like you did. I was too impatient and so I did a few at a time and the temp was too hot so I got the overdone outside and not done inside (as you saw on my blog). I also love the idea of adding in some chocolate chips! That would have been tasty!

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  2. Gloria,
    Thanks you so much for the kind words and the welcome! I love the fact that you put the chocolate chips in some of your fritters. I wish I had thought of that! Your pictures are really gorgeous and the close ups are incredible!
    Yes, that is me, also involved in Secret Recipe club. I think it's a lot of fun too. I love your blog. It's wonderful!

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  3. Okay BF- nice job with the chocolate chips. I have to admit looking at the close-ups, I would love to eat one right now. Fabulous job and great pics- you always impress.

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  4. I can vividly remember my first bananas foster experience too. So good! Loving the little chocolate chips in there :)

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  5. Your pictures are STUNNING! I can't get enough of it. Your fritters look beautiful and the chocolate chips were such a good idea!

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  6. Love chocolate chips! Good addition. Great looking fritters.

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  7. Nice pics! I'm glad the non-dessert-lover hubbsy liked these! And um... Chocolate chips?? You're a genius. Now I wanna make them again and put the chips in! Thanks for baking along with me this week.

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  8. These look so good! I have never had bananas fosters before, this looks like a yummy way to make it.

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  9. These do look scrumptious, especially with the chocolate chips. They look baked; that's how good they must be.

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  10. Love the addition of chocolate chips! Great job!! I'm not sure about the pumpkin cheddar muffins either....but the Baked guys haven't let me down yet....I'm willing to give it a try!

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