BANANA-SWEETENED STRAWBERRY CAKE

Banana-sweetened strawberry cake is a delicious and summery vegan and gluten-free cake made with wholesome ingredients. Depending on the sweetness of the banana and strawberries used, it can either be very sweet or moderately sweet. This is the kind of cake you can eat for breakfast, snack and dessert.

This cake is also very simple to make: just mash a banana, mix with almond flour and a few other essential ingredients and that’s it. Bake for 15 minutes, assemble and decorate cake and it’s ready!

Why would you use banana as a sweetener??

If you’re wondering why would anyone want to make a banana-sweetened cake when there are lots of super delicious regular cake recipes available? Well..there are several good reasons:

• You might really love cake, but don’t want to eat sugary cakes often. If you’re not intolerant to any of the cake ingredients, you could have a piece of this cake every day!
• Your children want to have something sweet, but you don’t want them to eat sugary sweets.
• You want to eat cake for breakfast. Although anyone can eat regular sugar sweetened cake for breakfast (I have, many times..), I would not recommend making it a habit. I’ve learned it the hard way that too much sugar and not enough protein and good fats in the morning can be too tough on my body. We all are different, though, so we have to figure out what works for us (but I’m guessing eating lots of processed sugar in the morning is not a good thing for anyone)
• You are trying to cut back on sugar and you’re still craving sweet food. I have two fruits for the rescue: bananas and dates. YES they are sugary fruits (especially dates), but I think it is great to have two sweet fruits to help you out when the cravings hit so you don’t have to resort to other sugary sweets. Both these fruits work great in baked goods, no bake treats, smoothies, and actually in any food you want to sweeten. Here’s a recipe for date-sweetened kombucha muffins, if you want to try something date and banana sweetened.

And try this cake if you’re craving something summery, wholesome and sweet 🙂

Print Recipe

Banana-sweetened strawberry cake

This banana-sweetened strawberry cake is vegan, gluten-free and grain-free. You can make this summery cake in 15 minutes, and it is delicious as dessert, breakfast or snack!

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Cooling time10 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: gluten-free, grain-free, vegan

Keyword: banana, banana-sweetened, coconut butter, coconut yogurt, gluten-free cake, strawberries, vegan cake

Servings: 4

Author: Tiina from My Berry Forest

Ingredients

• 1 banana (about 100 g / 3,5 oz)
• 2/3 cup almond flour (60 g)
• 1 tbsp coconut butter (15 g)
• 1 tbsp almond butter (15 g)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil (10 g)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom

For decoration:

• 1/2 cups coconut yogurt or coconut cream
• Optional: raspberry or other berry powder for flavor and color
• 1 cup fresh strawberries

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 392 F / 200 C.
• Smash banana and mix with all cake ingredients.
• Form two flat round "pancakes" (diameter about 4,7 inches / 12 cm) on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake in the oven for about 12-15 minutes.
• Let cake cool for a few minutes (best to let it cool outside if possible)
• Slice half of the strawberries. Spread coconut yogurt on top of cake and add sliced berries.
• Add the second layer, spread coconut yogurt and decorate with the rest of the strawberries. Enjoy!

Notes

You can make the cake any shape you want. If you want a fun new way of serving cake, try this (photo below recipe):

Shape the cake batter into two or three rectangular shapes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake as above and let cool. Place one rectangular cake piece on a big plate and cut into thin cake "stripes". Move each "stripe" so there is space between.

Pipe plant-based cream between each stripe and add chopped strawberries.

ENJOY ♥