Family in New Lenox has Banana Bread Butter Pool Cake PTSD. it's us... we are that family

I read reviews, I read comments, the raving amazingness of this recipe… it was THE thing to make! So I made it! I had ripe bananas just looking to be baked into something. So it’s possible I made an error in my baking… while the crumb filling and topping CLEARLY says two cups of flour – I did one. Maybe I should wear my glasses more? It’s possible. Well, that error caused a giant mess in my kitchen, learn from me and read the recipe correctly. My crumb – melted… I had a pool of butter on top of the cake that kind of soaked in, and kind of did not… Nicholas wasn’t so sure. Bronwyn wasn’t so sure. We ate around the edges. It tasted good – sure it would have been better as a crumb - but… I clearly messed that up. Also three sticks of butter – three!! This is the second recipe from this site that didn’t really go the way I was hoping. Time to find somewhere else to get recipes for now. But let’s be real… I think this time was me. 100% me. The reviews rave, people say this is the best thing ever, so I’m guessing if you make it right – it’s a sight to behold! Unfortunately my family now has Banana Bread Butter Pool Cake PTSD… so this is off my radar… oops.

Banana Bread Crumb Cake
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 ripe bananas
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk

Crumb Filling and topping
1 cup cold butter, cubed
2 cups light brown sugar
2 cups flour

Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1–2 Tbsp milk

Preheat oven to 350°
Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray, set aside
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. set aside.
In a large bowl mash bananas until they become liquified.
Mix in butter until combined and then stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla until mixed well.
Stir in milk and flour until combined.

Crumb Filling/Topping
Prepare crumb filling/topping by combining all the ingredients together cutting them together with a fork or pastry cutter until a coarse crumb forms.
Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with 1/3 of the crumb mixture. Cover the filling with the remaining batter and top with remaining crumb mixture.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until the center is set and a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes.

*If desired mix powdered sugar and milk together and drizzle on top.