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Banana Cake

An ultra easy banana cake recipe without flour, egg, dairy or sugar. This simple banana cake recipe requires only 2 ingredients and is unbelievably delicious and craveabe to kids with a sweet tooth. This recipe also includes options for making flourless banana bread bars and banana mini muffins.

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 50

Chill Time: 30

Total Time: 1 25

Servings: Servings

Calories: 261kcal

Ingredients

Large Banana Cake

1225 g bananas very ripe, about 10 medium
500 g almond butter
2 1/2 tsp cinnamon optional

Banana Bread Bars & Mini Muffins

250 g bananas very ripe, about 2 medium
100 g almond butter
1/4 tsp cinnamon optional

Chocolate Coating

75 g coconut oil optional, softened or melted
15 g cocoa powder optional

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Banana Cake, Bars & Mini Muffins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
For the large banana cake, prepare an 8x11 inch baking dish by cutting a rectangular piece of parchment paper and placing it in the bottom of the dish. Then, grease with your preferred oil or butter.
For the banana bread bars, grease a small baking dish, about 8 inches long and 5 inches wide with at least 1 1/2 inch tall sides. A loaf pan would also work.
For mini muffins, grease a 12-cup mini muffin tin well
For all banana cake sizes, place all ingredients in a shallow dish and mash up well with a fork or a potato masher, mixing as you go. The banana should be mostly mashed with only a few chunks remaining and completely combined with the almond butter and cinnamon if using.
For large banana cake, pour banana mixture into an 8x11 baking dish and bake for 50 minutes. The top will look cooked, the cake will be firm to the touch and a toothpick will come out clean when it is done.
For banana bread bars, pour banana batter into the small greased baking dish and bake for 20-22 minutes. The top should look cooked and a toothpick should come out clean when it is done.
For the banana mini muffins, evenly distribute batter among the cups of the mini muffin tin and bake for 15-17 minutes.
Allow to cool for 20 minutes to one hour on the counter depending on which cake option you are making (longer cooling time for larger cake). If you are not using the chocolate coating, ensure the banana cake is completely cooled before serving or covering with plastic wrap to store in the fridge.
To remove the large banana cake from its dish, once it has completely cooled, run a butter knife along the sides to ensure the cake is not stuck to the sides of the dish. Then place a cutting board on top of the baking dish and flip it upside-down so the banana cake falls down onto the cutting board. Use another cutting board to repeat the process to get the cake right side up again.
To remove the small banana cake from its dish, cut into rectangles and then use a fork or small spatula to loosen the sides and bottoms of each piece.
Mini muffins should come out pretty easily, but use a butter knife to loosen the sides if necessary.

Chocolate Coating for Banana Bread Bars

To make the chocolate topping, simply mix the coconut oil and cocoa powder until fully combined.
Once the banana bread bars have cooled enough that the baking dish can be handled without pot holders, spread the chocolate coating over the top of the banana bars. It will melt and that is okay.
Place banana bars in the freezer for 30 minutes or until the chocolate coating has completely hardened.
When the chocolate topping has hardened, remove the banana bars from the freezer and use a knife to slice into pieces. Use a fork or small, flat spatula to gently loosen and life the bar slices out of the baking pan.
Store banana bars in the baking pan covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Notes

Note that the nutrition facts are for the large banana cake.
This recipe is extremely easy to make and modify. You can easily add a desired ingredient or more of an existing ingredient and still get a good result. Remember that you may have to adjust your bake time if you do modify the ingredients or amounts.

Nutrition

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