I love banana bread, but sometimes all that oil and butter makes me feel a little sick after (maybe it has to do with eating half the loaf... hehehe). Anyways, I wanted to create a simple banana cake without all the added fat. So, thanks to the internet I found a super healthy, yet amazingly tasty banana cake. And, since it has no butter or oil, I called it a "Banana Snacking Cake". Adding the snacking part makes it seem like I can eat it more often without feeling sick!
Banana Snacking Cake
Adapted from Shabbott's Habits
Ingredients:
1 Banana
1/2 cup pear sauce (or apple sauce)
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
3 Tbs white sugar
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Directions:
1. Mash ripe banana and applesauce together until the mixture is uniform.
2. Add eggs, milk and vanilla extract to fruit mixture.
3. Add flour, sugar, baking powder and spices to wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
4. Pour batter in a 8 x 8 pan that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
5. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until center is just cooked through.
6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.
*I halved the recipe and baked it in a smaller pan. This is the full recipe
i love banana bread, these version look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSerious yum. We never made anything like that when I was a culinary school student (I wrote about it here, if you're interested: "Culinary School: Three Semesters of Life, Learning, and Loss of Blood," on Amazon Kindle - http://amzn.to/oqXw1R), but I wish we had - that looks scrumptious.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to try this, it looks like the perfect dessert to feed to my son. Thanks for sharing!
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