Yesterday we celebrated Lolo's 1st birthday. It was a wonderful celebration for a wonderful and cheeky little girl. We had about 20 people over at the house to wish her a great day and to let her know how loved she is. Being the paranoid mum that I am, I decided to undertake the cake preparation is order to make sure it was 100% dairy free. My initial plan was to make a chocolate cake, but at the last minute I changed my mind and went with a banana cake instead. It had to be tasty for the kids, suitable for grown up taste and most importantly I had to disguise the dairy free factor!
Cake ingredients
2 large bananas, mashed, ripe
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 cups plain flour
1 cup corn flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup nuttelex, softened
2 1/2 cups caster sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups oat milk
1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees
2. Grease cake tin (I also add baking paper)
3. Mash bananas and lemon juice in a small bowl, set aside
4. In a separate bowl mix flour, corn flour, salt and baking powder then set aside
5. In a large bowl cream nuttelex and 2 1/2 cups of caster sugar until light and fluffy(I use a food processor)
6. Add in the eggs 1 at a time and then stir in the vanilla, transfer to a large mixing bowl and slowly add oat milk till well combined
7. Mix together with the flour mixture
8. Stir in the mashed banana
9. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, you can test this by inserting a toothpick into the centre, if it comes out clean then it's done. My oven has a serious hot spot problem at the back so I have to rotate the cake every 20 minutes, you probably have a better oven than mine and won't need to do this at all
10.Once cake is done, remove from oven and place on a cooling tray for an hour
Hey guys, sorry the photos took so long to upload but I was having computer issues. In a bit I will add to this post, the recipe for the delicious caramelised bananas that went in the middle aswell as the topping. So yum the whole cake was demolished in one sitting and was easily for 25 people. Obviously someone had seconds!!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you use the OAT MILK - i looked in your directions and can;t find it mentioned anywhere???
ReplyDeleteHannah, thank you so much for pointing that out. I read and re-read this before posting and I hadn't caught that mistake. On the upside it means that atleast 1 person is reading my posts. I have amended the problem in step 6. Let me know how you go.
ReplyDeleteThats what i figured - i didnt need as much oat milk - but they turned out just fine. going to do another batch tonight. since my bf 5 mo daughter has been diagnosed as having dairy and soy allergies i had thought i wouldnt be able to eat yummy things - thankfully I STILL CAN. p.s. i made muffins out of this recipe rather than a cake and it worked out really well!
ReplyDeleteHannah that's a great idea making the muffins, I will do the same. Sadly I too know the horror of having a little one with dairy and soy allergies. It's so sad seeing them go through that and also trying to educate people about the seriousness of the condition. If you are after other sweet yummy things, you can try the membrillo cake in the Jan 2012 archive, just substitute the milk for oat or coconut milk and the butter for nuttelex, or the cupcakes in Oct 2011. The cupcakes are great when you are invited to kids parties, they are tasty and your little one won't feel like she's missing out. I will keep trialing different treats and will post them as I go.
DeleteCheers for the feedback.