Banana cake III: The One!

I think I've finally found it. A low fat, low sugar, actually healthy banana cake recipe. Oh em gee. About time too; my banana supply was rapidly diminishing.

Most of the sugar was replaced by honey, plus I used whole wheat flour and brown sugar.

I love the plump raisins scattered throughout the cake, it added sweetness to the cake.

This yielded a surprisingly spongy cake. It was moist, but still had some bite to it. Oh, and it smelled really good too because of the cinnamon I mixed in.

So the quest comes to an end! Mainly because I have no more bananas left Hahaha... Gosh I love this cake. It's a keeper. ^0^

Banana II (muffins)

Second trial of banana quest. In the form of muffins this time! I used one banana, but the flavour was still as intense. Not too happy with this recipe though. The texture wasn't crumbly enough to be anything like cake or bread. And the appearance reminded me of wrinkly corn muffins. Won't be baking this again.

I added some raisins and sunflower seeds to...well, make it less boring.

I have three more bananas left, just enough for one more banana trial. Will the third time work a charm? Hmm...

Banana Bread I

I am on the quest to find a good banana cake recipe that uses the minimum amount of oil or butter. I have a bunch of bananas ripening, a list of recipes to try and a determination to find the perfect healthy banana cake. This will probably take some time, as my family can only eat so many banana cakes a week, haha.

This first banana cake turned out more like banana bread. It really tasted like bread, with the taste of bananas. I think it would be good if I had baked it in a loaf tin, and cut it into slices.

Looks like banana buns! These are really nice with honey and jam though. I toasted it lightly and spread blueberry jam over it. So yummy!

There were bits of gooey banana dotted throughout, which was my favourite part.

Not as fluffy as I would have liked it, and it was sort of dense as well. But with no butter or oil, and using wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour, it's really healthy. There is twice the amount of bananas in this recipe then other banana cake recipes, so it's still moist and soft. I ate three at a go, hehe.