BEST VEGAN BANANA CAKE EASY RECIPE – EGGLESS
This easy vegan banana cake is now a classic recipe every time we have spotty bananas or over-ripe bananas at home. By adding easy-to-find ingredients, such as flour, sugar, oil, and a few more to the mashed bananas you can get a great moist banana cake.
FLAVORING INGREDIENTS
I used caramel extract for this vegan banana cake recipe as I loved how well it goes with the banana flavor. However, you can use other flavorful and aromatic ingredients with this recipe. Remember that in the following section, you can see many vegan options to use in this recipe, such as oils. You can change the result of your banana cake depending on the oil you want to use.
- Vanilla extract.
- Cocoa powder.
- Spices; such as cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Lemon juice.
BANANA CAKE INGREDIENTS
Mashed bananas are a great egg replacer in a baking recipe, therefore you don’t have to add any other egg replacer when making this delicious banana cake.
- Bananas: this recipe is ideal when you have brown bananas
- Vegetable oil: I used regular vegetable oil which is a neutral oil in terms of flavoring. Other oils that you can also use in this recipe are sunflower oil, olive oil, canola oil, and melted coconut oil.
- Sweetener: even though over-ripe bananas are sweet you still need to add some extra sweetener which can be: white sugar (check if it’s vegan-friendly), brown sugar, demerara sugar, agave, coconut sugar, and pure maple syrup.
- Milk: this recipe doesn’t have milk; however, if you want to use milk in a vegan baking recipe (non-dairy milk) you can use coconut milk, almond milk, oat milk, soy milk, etc.
- Flour: I used self-raising flour, but you can use all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, plain flour, almond flour, and add bicarbonate of soda or baking powder to make the cake rise.
- Nuts: this easy cake goes very nicely with walnuts on top of the cake or inside. Furthermore, you can use or add other nuts; such as pecan, almonds, peanuts, and pistachios.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS AND TOPPINGS
Together with the nuts suggested above, there are many other options that you can try and make the best vegan banana cake recipe. You can be creative use one or more and make a great banana cake. Also, you can serve this recipe with vanilla or caramel ice cream.
- Nuts.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar.
- Chocolate chips.
- Vegan cream cheese frosting.
- Peanut butter frosting.
- Buttercream frosting.
Lastly, if you are making this easy vegan banana cake in advance or you have leftovers, always let the cake cool down to room temperature before storing the cake. To store the cake you can use an airtight container, plastic wrap, or a freezer bag to store your cake for later consumption.
THIS BANANA CAKE RECIPE GOES WELL WITH:
- Also, try this delicious recipe with banana chips.
Vegan banana cake
This banana cake recipe is moist, healthy, really easy to make, and great when you have overripe bananas. It has a great texture and is full of flavor with the great addition of the salted caramel extract making this a delicious blend of flavors that works flavors so well together.
Ingredients
- 2 Large Ripen bananas.
- 60 ml. of Vegetable oil.
- 1 Tbsp. of Salted caramel extract (or vanilla extract).
- 80 gr. of Sugar.
- 200 gr. of Self-raising flour.
- A Pinch of salt.
- 50 gr. of Walnuts.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C degrees (356 °F approx.).
- Place a non-stick baking paper/parchment paper on a cake tin. Or, spread some cooking oil evenly (you can use your fingers or a cooking brush), and sprinkle flour.
- Peel the bananas and place them in a large bowl. With the help of a fork to prepare a banana mash, you can decide if you want to be lump-free or not.
- Pour the wet ingredients: 60 ml. of vegetable oil and 1 tbsp of salted caramel extract (you can use vanilla extract too).
- Then add 80 gr. of sugar of your choice and mix well.
- Add the 200 gr. of flour (together with a pinch of salt) gradually and integrate well.
- Pour the banana cake batter into a cake tin and spread it evenly. Add the walnuts and place the banana cake in the oven.
- Cook the banana cake for around 25 minutes. You can use a clean knife to check if the cake is ready, insert the knife in the center of the cake, it comes out clean, and the cake is ready!
- Let the banana cake cool down to room temperature.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 270Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 0mgSodium 333mgCarbohydrates 40gFiber 2gSugar 17gProtein 4g
The Nutritional values presented on this table are only estimates. The values can also vary depending on the cooking method, ingredients, product brands etc. This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix
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