Kid friendly banana cake with chocolate icing
Kid friendly banana cake with chocolate icing - refined-sugar free, delicious and simple to make.
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Servings: 10
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 3 ripe bananas peeled
- 10-15 dates
- 80 g 3oz caster (superfine) sugar
- 240 g 8.5oz Wholemeal Self Raising Flour
- 150 g 5.3oz butter, room temperature
- 2 free-range eggs
- 1 heaped teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 40 g 1.5oz milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Icing
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 ripe banana
- ½ cup raw cacao powder
- Pure maple syrup to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C(320F) fan-forced and grease and line a round 20cm cake tin.
- Place the bananas, dates and vanilla essence in the bowl of the Thermomix (or in a food processor) and mix for 5 seconds on speed 4 (or until smooth). Set aside.
- Add the butter and caster sugar and mix for 20 seconds on speed 5 (or in a food processor until smooth).
- Add the eggs one at a time and combine each for a few seconds on speed 5 (or until combined).
- Add the banana mixture and cinnamon, and mix for 3 seconds on speed 5.
- Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, and milk and mix for 15 seconds on speed 4 to 5.
- Pour into a lined 20cm cake tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour.
- To make the icing, place all the ingredients in the bowl of a Thermomix or food processor and process until smooth. Taste and add a little extra maple syrup if required.
Nutrition
Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 437mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 491IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
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