Healthy Blueberry and Banana Cake

"This is based on another recipe which I modified for our taste. It's very moist with a great banana flavour (as long as you use really overripe ones). Because there is not a lot of sugar, most of the sweetness comes from the bananas; it is not intended to be an overly sweet cake so please don't give this recipe a poor review simply because you are expecting it to be sweeter. Having said that, it still makes a really nice afternoon tea while being quite low in saturated fat for a cake and full of fruit. You can try adding more sugar if you like but of course then it won't be as healthy. :)"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
8 slices
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat your oven to 180°C Line the bottom of a 20cm deep round cake pan with baking paper, then grease it.
  • Mash bananas with a fork.
  • Sift baking powder and flour into a bowl and then stir in the sugar.
  • Mix the oil (or butter, if using), milk, bananas and eggs in another bowl, then mix with the flour-sugar mixture.
  • Pour half of the batter into the cake pan, spinkle half the blueberries over the top, then top with the rest of the batter.
  • Decorate the cake with the remaining blueberries and then bake in the oven for 50-55 minutes.
  • Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes, then gently turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.
  • Serve with sweetened cream or ice cream for a yummy afternoon tea!

Questions & Replies

  1. I've been making a banana nut cake using Pillsbury sugar free yellow cake mix. The recipe is on the box. It's very good. It calls for 1 and 1/2 cups mashed banana, 2 tsp cinnamon, 3 eggs, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup Crisco vegetable oil, 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts. Now I want to add 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups of blueberries. I think it would be delicious. Should I adjust any of the ingredients?
     
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Reviews

  1. What a lovely blueberry and banana cake. I served this plain with a little icing sugar, it was so tasty. We really enjoyed this lightened version. Not to sweet, just perfect with a cup of tea. The texture was lovely and the flavor was excellent. Thanks for sharing your recipe Sooty Cat. Made for Spring Pac/2012.
     
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I am an archaeologist, currently doing a Masters by Research at university, and working as a barista to pay the bills. I'm married to a wonderful man who lets me get away with nearly everything. We have a much loved little black cat named Sooty (hence the Zaar name), but no kids as yet.
 
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