Banana Cake

Moody's Note:

Healthiest banana cake ever! Great for breakfast, or just for a healthy treat that feels sinful! This recipe comes from the PCRM web site. I use blueberries when I can get them, but raisins will do in a pinch.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup wheat germ
• 4 medium ripe bananas , mashed
• ½ cup sugar
• ¾ cup vanilla-flavored soymilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄3; cup blueberries or 1⁄3; cup raisins
• vegetable oil cooking spray , for pans

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
2. In a medium sized bowl, mix whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, salt and wheat germ.
3. In a large bowl, mash bananas and mix in sugar.
4. Mix in soymilk and vanilla.
5. Add the flour mixture, stir lightly to mix.
6. Fold in blueberries.
7. Lightly coat 2 8-inch cake pans, and spread half the batter into each.
8. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Reviews

[Michael Keizer]

I made this cake with raisins. Although the taste was quite good, I was not very satisfied with the texture, which was a bit dry and heavy.

[kiwidutch]

Liked this. I made this for my niece who suffers from dairy, egg and other allergies and I used raisins in this. The only change I made was to omit the vanilla, since niece is also allergic to that and to cook it in a loaf tin instead of as two cakes. I increased the cooking time a little until a toothpick came out dry. It was still a moist cake and it went down well enough but several people said they found it to be a little sweet, and one said it was too banana-ry (Duh, it's a banana cake, so discount their opinion!) I must say that banana cake is not often seen here and it was a first for my Dutch family, so maybe their so-so response to this is more due to it being a new taste than anything else. I would certainly make it again. Please see my rating system: a lovely 3 stars for a vegan recipe that I hope can help niece to not miss out when cake is on the table. Thanks!

[Ashfork]

I really liked this recipe. I added sliced bananas to the bottom of the pan like other recipes for banana cake. I liked the fact that it was a hearty cake that was very filling, but good for you at the same time! I served it with banana pudding on the side and my guests loved it.