Sugar-free banana cake

The natural sweetness of fruit and a drizzle of agave syrup means less added sugar is needed in this banana bread

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Caroline Hire

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Recipe by Caroline Hire

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Difficulty and servings

Cuts into 6 - 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 30 mins

Grown ups: Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas mark 4. Grease and line a 450g loaf/1lb tin with baking parchment.
Children: Weigh the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sultanas into a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon. Then weigh the butter, vanilla essence, egg, milk and mashed bananas and put into another bowl or jug and mix with a small balloon whisk or fork. Pour the 'wet' banana mixture into the 'dry' flour mixture and combine thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Weighing needs to be very accurate when baking so help older children to measure carefully. Younger children can also get involved by spooning or pouring into the scales with adult supervision. Younger children can also beat the egg with a fork and mash the banana with a potato masher.
Grown ups: Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30 - 40 mins or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven, allow to cool in the tin for 10 mins then turn out.
Children: Drizzle with agave syrup if using.

PER SERVING

214 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 31.7g, fat 7.6 g, saturated fat 4.5g, fibre 3.6g, sugar 19g, salt 0.2 g

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, July 2012.

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Bella

03 September 2012

Bella commented on this recipe

Is it possibile to substitute the self raising flour with regular flour? or is there another substitute??

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JulesTheNorweegie

05 September 2012

JulesTheNorweegie commented on this recipe

Bella, Normally when I make banana bread, I use normal flour and a tsp of baking powder, and it comes out tasting and looking delicious, so you should be OK :) For a more filling bread you can even substitute some of the flour for oats and nuts.

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wworm

09 September 2012

wworm commented on this recipe

in the instructions it says put an egg in a bowl but in the igredients it doesn't even say you need an egg ... confused :P

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NeekyNoo

16 September 2012

NeekyNoo rated and commented on this recipe

Have made this twice now, once with an egg and once without as was not included in the ingredients list. It did not rise either time and was very disappointing both times, however did taste ok.

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Caroline

17 September 2012

Caroline commented on this recipe

Hi, sorry the egg was missing from the ingredients list. We have now added it to the list. The recipe tested well so we hope you enjoy it. Caroline.

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Christine

21 September 2012

Christine rated and commented on this recipe

I found this a great sugar free cake and will certainly make it again. Liked the agave syrup topping too.

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oxfordians13

11 October 2012

oxfordians13 commented on this recipe

The recipe says 3 milk, but what is the mesurement, 3 tablespoons?

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LMH

02 February 2013

LMH rated and commented on this recipe

This recipe is great. I usually use chopped dried apricots instead of sultanas and make cupcakes (I don't use the agave syrup). They are perfect to put in my son's lunch box.

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Bizzle

08 February 2013

Bizzle rated and commented on this recipe

mine didnt rise either :( tasted lovely, though, does anyone have any tips of what to do to make it rise?

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Wikke

06 March 2013

Wikke commented on this recipe

I'm baking this now because the recipe looks wonderful and quite guilt-free! I'm wondering though: the recipe says "Cuts into 6 - 8 slices" and says that there are 214 kcalories per serving. But surely the calories per serving depend on whether you cut the cake into 6,7 or 8 slices. Does anyone know how GoodFood calculates that? I.e., is it 214 calories per serving when cut into 6, 7 or 8 slices?

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125g self-raising wholemeal flour
½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
75g sultanas
50g butter , melted
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
3 ripe bananas , mashed
drizzle agave syrup , to serve (optional)

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Difficulty and servings

Cuts into 6 - 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 30 mins

Ingredients

125g self-raising wholemeal flour
½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
75g sultanas
50g butter , melted
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
3 ripe bananas , mashed
drizzle agave syrup , to serve (optional)

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214 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 31.7g, fat 7.6 g, saturated fat 4.5g, fibre 3.6g, sugar 19g, salt 0.2 g

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