Carob-Banana Cake

 

This is a pretty little cake in many ways. It is short and round, and easy to decorate 😋And, because it is made from carob and not cocoa, it has NO theobromine and actually has some iron. It also contains no processed white or brown sugar, and no oils-- maple syrup, unsweetened apple sauce, and flax eggs do the heavy lifting of sweetening and lightening. It is not too hard on the health, and it is really tasty! Give it a try!

(Scroll to bottom of this recipe for other carob recipe links)O

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup/ 200 g of unsweetened apple sauce
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 1/4 cups/150g spelt flour 
• 1/2 cup/ 75g carob powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3-4 very ripe bananas
• 2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax seed in 5 tbsp of filtered water or soy milk)
• A few drops almond essence

Method

• STEP 1
• Stir together the apple sauce and  maple syrup. Make the flax eggs in another small container.
• STEP 2
  Sift the flour, carob powder and baking powder into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• STEP 3
  Mash the bananas in a separate bowl along with the almond essence, and stir in the flax eggs. Add the apple sauce and maple syrup mixture and gently stir it all together.
• STEP 4
  Gently fold the wet banana/ flax eggs/apple sauce mix into the dry flour/carob mix until it's all incorporated.
• STEP 5
  Pour the cake mix into a lightly greased and lined 18cm cake tin, and bake for around 25-30 minutes at 350 F/170C. Test it in a few places with a skewer - it's done if it comes out clean, but if not, another 5 minutes or so.
• Other carob treats to try:

• • Carob-Sweet Potato Fudgesicles

  • Peanut Butter-Carob Energy Balls

• • Carob-Peanut Butter-Date Bars

    Carob-Peanut Butter Muffins

    Carob Waffles

    Hot Carob Drink