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Banana Bread Cake

SERVES 10

15 mins

Easy

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Banana Bread that makes you weak at the knees. If the moisture oozing from the bread isn't enough to make you crumble, the delicious icing on top will do it! The secret ingredient being our favourite Pics Peanut Butter.

SERVES 10

15 mins

Easy

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose gluten free flour
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 ripe bananas
1/3 cup coconut oil
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup yoghurt (Greek or coconut)

PB FROSTING

1/2 cup coconut yoghurt
1/4 cup peanut butter

Method

Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, mix well.
Combine ‘wet’ ingredients in a high-speed blender, blend until smooth.
Create a well in the centre of the dry mix and gently fold through the blender mix until well combined.
Pour into a greased and lined spring-form cake tin and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before removing from the cake tin.
Whilst the cake is cooling, prepare the peanut butter frosting.
Simply combine coconut yoghurt and peanut butter in a small mixing bowl, mix well and place in the fridge.
Once the cake has cooled, spread the frosting on top of the cake, serve and enjoy. Note: we recommend only putting frosting on the cakes you are eating immediately.

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