Chocolate Caramel Banana Cake

Name: Chocolate Caramel Banana Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts ((whole)); 1/2 cup sunflower seeds ((ground)); 1/3 cup sultanas ((or raisins, oil or sweetener free)); 1 banana ((ripe)); 3 Tbsp cacao powder; 2 Tbsp coconut oil; 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; pinch of sea salt; 4 dates ((medjool, pitted or about 6-7 dry dates, soaked in water until soft, then drained)); pinch of vanilla powder; 2 Tbsp coconut oil; cacao powder; cacao nibs

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Chris in Desserts

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

10min

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

10min

Banana cake is where it’s at. What sort of mood are you in? Are you happy? Well have some banana cake. Feeling sad? Banana cake will make you feel better. Craving something indulgent and rich? Banana cake! Celebrating? Have some banana cake!

It’s soft but it’s firm. It’s got crunchy nuts but the creaminess of banana. It is the yin and yang of cake. It’s a good piece of dessert, is what we’re saying. And if all that weren’t enough, it’s so simple even the clumsiest cuisinier could put it together.

Ingredients

For the banana cake

1 cup walnuts (whole)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds (ground)
1/3 cup sultanas (or raisins, oil or sweetener free)
1 banana (ripe)
3 Tbsp cacao powder
2 Tbsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
pinch of sea salt

For the caramel layer

4 dates (medjool, pitted or about 6-7 dry dates, soaked in water until soft, then drained)
pinch of vanilla powder
2 Tbsp coconut oil

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Directions

Prep

10 min

Total

10 min

Add all the ingredients for the cake in a blender and blitz for few seconds until you get a creamy dough consistency. Make sure you don’t process the mix completely, to leave some pieces of whole walnuts in it – they will add crunch.
Scoop out the mix in a spring form pan lined with baking paper or cling wrap and place in the fridge.
To make the caramel, mix all the ingredients together. You can easily do this by hand.
Spread the caramel onto the cake and return to the fridge.
Allow the cake to firm up for about 1-2 hours. Or at least 30 mins.
Pimp it up with cacao nibs on the sides (press them by hand into the cake) and powder it with cacao powder on top.