Okara Apple Banana Loaf

Here's another easy cake recipe.

Add this to your healthy snack list..... wait it's so healthy you could serve it for breakfast too!
It has no sweetener so if you find it not sweet enough you could add date spread or jam to help sweeten it up a bit. I quite like the taste even without sweetener though so it's definitely worth giving it a try plain first. Would also work really well with a date icing (I might have to try that sometime!).

You'll need:

2 over ripe bananas

1 cup pie apples

Mash together in a bowl

Stir in:

1 cup wet okara

Add:

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon bi-carb soda

1 cup oat bran

1 cup spelt flour

Stir gently until well combine - do not overmix.

Pour mixture into a lined baking loaf

Bake at 180C for 45-50 minutes until lightly golden brown on top.

Allow to cool before slicing.

A FEW TASTY TREATS

This is the best banana cake recipe I've ever tried!
It was really moist & very tasty.
It has much less fat & sugar then the regular banana bread you buy from a shop so worth having it in the breadbox!!!!

 BEST BANANA CAKE

Picture: See right side of cake stand.

Ingredients:

2 large over ripe bananas - mashed well

1/2 cup maple syrup

2 tablespoons rice bran oil (any other oil is fine also)

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

2 1/4 cups wholemeal flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 180C. Line a loaf pan with baking paper.

Place flour, baking powder & soda in a bowl & stir until well combined.

Add the mashed banana, maple syrup, oil & essence. Stir until well combined. Ok if the batter is thick.

Bake for approx 30 mins until skewer comes out clean.

Cool before cutting.

Option: ICING

For an easy icing- mix in a food processor tofu, coconut, maple syrup & vanilla, blend til smooth - very tasty! Note that this icing DOES NOT keep out of the fridge. 

CHOCOLATE PLUM COOKIE CAKE

Picture: Left side of cake stand.

Ingredients:

1 cup self-raising flour

1 cup raw sugar

1 teaspoon allspice

175g nuttelex

100g almond, ground (either make your own or buy ground almondmeal)

2 teaspoons egg-replacer

1 cup dried plums

200g dark cooking chocolate

Preheat oven to 160C. Line a 20cm round baking pan with baking paper. (Or you can use a slice tin if you're rather cut it into squares later.)

Cream nuttelex & sugar together in a bowl. Beat until light and creamy. Add egg replacer & continue beating. Add sifted flour, allspice, sugar & ground almonds, a bit at a time. Mix until just combined - do not overmix.
Chop the chocolate and the plums into little bite size pieces and then fold them into the mixture.

Pour mixture into the pan you are using & bake for about one and a quarter hours until cooked.

Allow to cool. Sprinkle with cocoa powder.

This will come out quite hard & not look like a cake that has risen! Don't fear, it tastes DIVINE! The mix of chocolate & plums is magical.
It will be a bit crumbly when slicing so I don't recommend a serrated knife .

This can be sliced into pieces like a cake or into squares.

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