Vegan Banana Cake – a moist and delicious cake made with spelt flour, walnuts, raisins, spelt flour, oats and maple syrup.
Today I’m sharing Vegan Banana Cake
After seeing a drawer full of over-ripe frozen bananas in the freezer the other day I decided that it was high time that I put them to use. As we’re trying to have a “healthier” January I decided against any of my usual Banana Cakes and set about searching for something suitable.
After a quick flick through The Classic 1000 Recipes (Foulsham 1992) I came across a banana cake that looked really healthy as it had no sugar, dairy or eggs in it.
For extra flavour I decided to use spelt wholegrain flour and a little maple syrup as well as using walnuts which I think pair well with bananas! This is not a cake that will rise as there is no raising agent and therefore the texture is dense and similar to bread pudding with a crispy outer surface when first baked.
Packed full of nutrients I really think this cake ticks all the boxes. It was great to use up some of the walnuts and raisins left over from Christmas too!
The only one in our family who didn’t approve and wouldn’t even try this banana cake was my daughter. She just won’t eat raisins but the rest of us enjoyed it and I had my parents over for a cuppa today and they really enjoyed it too.
More Vegan Cake Recipes
For more vegan cake inspiration check out these recipes from fellow bloggers:
- Vegan Carrot Cake
- Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cake
- Chocolate Beetroot Cake
- Chocolate Truffle No Bake Cake
- Chocolate Banana Cashew Cake
- Vegan Vanilla Cake
- Egg and Dairy Free Spiced Apple & Raisin Cupcakes
More Banana Bakes
Here are some more non-vegan banana recipes that could be adapted to be vegan:
- Banana Cake
- Spelt Banana Bread
- Banana Pudding – uses up 5 overripe bananas
- Blueberry Banana & White Chocolate Muffins
- Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels
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Vegan Banana Cake
Ingredients
- 450 g Very ripe bananas mashed
- 50 g Walnuts roughly chopped
- 120 ml Light olive oil
- 100 g Raisins
- 75 g Oats
- 125 g Wholegrain spelt flour
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup
- 1 Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 190⁰C.
- Grease a 450g/1lb loaf tin.
- Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly.
- Tip the mixture into the loaf tin and level with a spatula.
- Bake on the middle shelf for 55 – 60 minutes until cake springs back to the touch.
- Leave cake in the tin for 10 minutes and then cool on a wire rack.
Ursula Hunt
I love banana cake and the walnuts will add a nice crunch
Camilla
They really do Ursula:-)
Lynn Fancy
This sounds awesome I love to find recipes that are dairy free, sounds incredibly good!
Camilla
Thanks it was good:-)
Elizabeth
Mmm yum! Thank you for sharing with the No Waste Food Challenge! 🙂
Julie Carwardine
Had to share this! Sounds so scrummy! I used to be a veggie (20 years) and still like veggie food so I mix it up a lot. It was quite difficult back in the day, to find veggie desserts that were actually lovely. I am a huge fan of banana anything (just scoffed some banana pancakes before I read this), so must give this a try! xxxx
Camilla
Thank you Julie, I have always loved vegetarian food too and my Cranks cook books are amongst my most treasured:-)
Sus @ roughmeasures.com
Oh Camilla this looks mouth wateringly tasty! I love a dense banana cake!
Camilla
Thank you so much:-)
ELLEN DARLINGTON
This looks yummy…x
Barbara Handley
I am really looking forward to trying this recipe out. Looks and sounds delicious.
Camilla
Thanks Barbara;-)
Emily
This looks really good, Camilla. I’m staring at the bananas I’m my fruit bowl, willing them to ripen! 😉
Camilla
Thanks Emily! Mine turn so quickly even with the cling film on the tips trick so they quite often end up in the freezer for a rainy day:-)
Lucy @ BakingQueen74
mmm, it looks really good, the fact that it has the texture of bread pudding makes me really want to try it!
Camilla
Thanks Lucy – now I want to make bread pudding which I’ve never made LOL:-)
Jayne T
Fantastic recipe, I’ll be trying this one out, thanks for sharing.
Camilla
Thank you:-)