Healthy Banana Cake – no sugar, no butter, no oil and no guilt

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Healthy Banana Cake - no butter, no sugar, no oil. A saint's cake

Ever felt the urge to have something sweet, but felt too guilty about the consequences? Fear not, stand tall, I’ll let you in on a secret weapon. A banana cake that eschews butter, sugar and other nasties, yet tastes divine.

This banana cake is so yummy that you want to have another slice. And the best news is that you can!

There is no added sugar, no added butter or oil and nothing to make you feel guilty. So here we go:

 

Ingredients

• 3-4 super ripe bananas (blackening skins are the best), mashed
• 2 medium size eggs, beaten
• 1.5 cups, self-raising wholemeal flour
• 2 table spoons Philadelphia light cream cheese
• 100 gram plain chocolate chips
• 1 table spoon baking powder

Serves: 8

Directions



Preparation  time: 10min  ›  Cook: 50min   

Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Use silicon baking tray (so need to grease it)

Mix together all ingredients (remember to add the flour and the baking powder last).

Bake for 50-55 minutes, and leave it to call off for another 15 minutes.



Remember

Ripe bananas are a great natural substitute to refined sugar. To add sweetness, you can add 2 table spoons Xylitol sweetener, which is a great way to provide sweet flavour without the downsides of refined white sugar.

Butter is not a bad thing, but I prefer to use less of it if I can help it. To help the cake stand tall, I use light cream cheese which provides the scaffolding required, but with a fraction of the fat.

For a personal touch you can add some crushed pecan nuts or add 2 table spoons of chocolate drink powder to add some dark brown hue to the cake.

Brew some fresh coffee, sit back and have your (healthy) cake.

Life is good.

Have a good weekend.