Banana and date cake

A sweet moist cake with a caramel flavor that will keep in the refrigerator for up to 6 days and is also ideal for freezing


Gluten free banana date cake


This gluten-free and sugar free cake recipe is a real treat.  You can use any wheat-free flour.  The sweetness comes from the dates and mashed banana.  This recipe is sugar free and removing sugar from your diet can help to reduce your inflammation as sugar is very inflammatory. Dates and banana are used to sweeten this cake, and the dates are soaked and provide a caramel flavor.


Banana and Date Cake

Gluten free, dairy free, sugar free


  • 1½ cups / 190g all-purpose wheat free flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 7 or 8 large dates, soaked
  • ½ cup / 150ml water
  • 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup / 250ml of rice milk
  • ½ cup / 140ml nut oil


Preheat oven to 380 degrees F / 190c


1   Mix the flour and baking powder. Liquidise the soaked dates in the half cup of water until fairly thick and smooth.  Add the date mixture to the flour along with the rice milk, oil and bananas. 


2   Mix well - you may need to add a little more water or rice milk as wheat free flours do vary greatly and tend to absorb more liquid than wheat.  Pour into 9"/18cm cake tin and bake for about 40 minutes or until cooked through.

NOTES

Will keep for a couple of days in a sealed container.

Will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5/6 days

You can add chopped nuts like walnuts or Brazil nuts to add a bit of extra bite!

Freezer friendly and ideal for the lunch box

I recommend using a good quality gluten free plain flour blend for best results.



FOOTNOTES


FOOTNOTES

This is great way to use up over-ripe bananas and the riper the better. Bananas are a good source of potassium which  is an essential mineral and electrolyte that plays a vital role in keeping your body functioning properly, Potassium also helps lower blood pressure and support heart health.  Higher dietary potassium intake is linked to a lower risk of developing endometriosis and may help ease pelvic muscle cramping.


https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10227355/


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