My Mother’s Banana Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup (250 ml) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (250 ml) brown sugar
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) maraschino cherries, drained
• 1/3 cup (75 ml) walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk
• 1 1/4 cups (310 ml) sugar
• 1 cup (250 ml) mashed bananas
• 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons (7 ml) baking powder