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A Healthy and Sugar-Free Banana Cake

How to make a banana and date sweetened coffee cake, vanilla layer cake, chocolate cake or strawberry cake
How to make a banana and date sweetened coffee cake, vanilla layer cake, chocolate cake or strawberry cake
How to make a banana and date sweetened coffee cake, vanilla layer cake, chocolate cake or strawberry cake
How to make a banana and date sweetened coffee cake, vanilla layer cake, chocolate cake or strawberry cake
Gluten-free, healthy and sugar-free banana cake
Gluten-free, healthy and sugar-free banana cake

We’ve been a sugar-free family for a few years now. And we’re at the point where sweet things no longer taste good. However, we still want to celebrate birthdays and other holidays. This sugar-free banana cake is the perfect solution. It is naturally fruit-sweetened and delicious.

How to make a healthy celebration with sugar-free banana cake

5 Delicious Cake Flavours

Following the recipe below, without any changes to the flavouring, results in a cake that tastes a bit like banoffee pie. It has a strong flavour of banana with the caramel of dates and whipping cream.

However, sugar-free cakes are perfect for all sorts of occasions! Here are a few different ways to take this simple cake and turn it into your favourite celebration cake.

  • Simple vanilla sheet cake: Looking for a basic vanilla cake? Add double the amount of vanilla extract along with the zest from one lemon.
  • Banana bread: Make a sugar-free banana bread by adding 1 tsp of cinnamon along with 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts. Yum!
  • Strawberry cake: Certain types of parties call for a pretty pink cake. To make a strawberry cake, replace 1 of the bananas with 1 cup of ripe strawberries. Puree the strawberries in the blender, then stir them into the batter with the remaining bananas. This will result in a slightly runnier batter, so it may need to cook for an extra 10 minutes. Frost with a sugar-free strawberry cream cheese frosting.
  • Chocolate cake: I love chocolate cake. To make a sugar-free chocolate cake replace 1/4 cup of flour with 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. Frost with chocolate avocado frosting.
Banana sweetened cake with five different flavours - Healthy and sugar-free
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Sugar-free banana cake

Simple sugar-free banana cake for toddlers and babies

Looking for a healthy birthday cake? This sugar-free banana cake is naturally fruit sweetened. As is, it tastes like a banoffee pie, however, it can also be flavoured with chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. See the section above for more information.

  • Author: Emillie
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
  • Total Time: 2 minute
  • Yield: 2 x 6 inch cake pans 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Cuisine: Gluten free
  • Diet: Vegetarian
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Ingredients

Banana Sweetened Cake

  • 1 3/4 cup of flour (I use my gluten-free blend)
  • 1/2 cup of buttermilk (milk kefir or yogurt)
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 4 very ripe bananas
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Date Sweetened Caramel Frosting

  • 8 large Medjool dates, pits removed
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup whipping cream

Instructions

Banana Cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  2. Mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl until relatively smooth.
  3. Mix in the melted butter, then the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
  4. Add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  5. Stir until everything is evenly mixed. 
  6. Pour into two 6″ cake pans.
  7. If you are making a gluten-free cake, the texture will improve if the batter is allowed to rest for 30 minutes prior to baking. Otherwise, bake right away.
  8. Bake at 350 F for 25-35 min (until a toothpick comes out clean).
  9. Allow the cake to cool before frosting.

Date Frosting

  1. Place the dates and the water in a blender. Be sure to remove the pits!
  2. Pulse until the dates have turned into a smooth paste. If you aren’t using Medjool dates, then you may need to add more water to get the dates to blend nicely.
  3. Once the dates are fully pureed, add the whipping cream and continue to blend until you have a nice thick, whipped frosting.
  4. The frosting needs to be kept cool. I recommend either frosting the cake right before serving or storing the frosted cake in the fridge.

Notes

  • Instead of making a 6″ layer cake, this batter will also make an 8″ square or 18 cupcakes.
  • Why not make a super healthy cake by serving it with a probiotic frosting?! To make the frosting probiotic use cultured whipping cream.

Keywords: sugar free, naturally sweetened, fruit sweetened, probiotic, banoffee cake, healthy cake, kid-friendly cake, holiday, birthday, celebration

Filed Under: Baking, Instagram, TreatsTagged With: Gluten Free, Sugar Free

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