Vegan Chocolate Banana Cake

 

Ingredients:

- 2 to 2 1/2 cups of self raising flour. This recipe can be made gluten free by using a gluten free flour, but we have found it can require a little extra depending on the mix used

- 3/4 cup cocoa

- 1 3/4 cups sugar

- The equivalent of 2 eggs using egg substitute. We use 'Well and Good' brand

-  1 cup of mashed banana and 1 banana to decorate the top of the cake

- 1 cup of soy milk, or other milk of your choice

- 1 cup water

- 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil

- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Method:

- Combine all wet ingredients including the mashed banana and mix with an electric beater.

- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mix and continue to mix. 

- Pour the batter into your cake tin. We used a large, flat tin (ours is 4.5 cm high) as the cake cooks more evenly and also more quickly.

- Cut the remaining banana and place rounds or strips onto the top of the batter. We sprinkled some granulated sugar over the top of the cake for added sweetness.

- Bake for approximately 40 to 50 minutes. Test the cake with a skewer, which should come out clean.