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Zucchini & Banana Cake with Citrus Cashew Icing

September 2, 2015 · In: Healthy Snacks

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This was a result of rainy afternoon… Lighting candles, relaxing, and baking! I have tried to make the perfect banana cake with little success! However, I was very happy with myself when I tasted this recipe. I made this cake twice, the first is the cake shown in the above photos. The second is the photo below where I cut the cake into squares and layered with icing! Whatever you decide to do it will always taste delicious!

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This cake is packed full of nourishing ingredients that are kind to your body! Bananas are a rich source of potassium and pectin, a form of fibre so they are great for your digestion. Zucchinis are low in calories, contain no saturated fat, and are packed full of minerals and vitamins such as vitamin C. Oats are very high in fibre which help lower cholesterol.

Vegan/ Gluten free/ Dairy free/ Refined sugar free

Zucchini & Banana Cake with Citrus Cashew Icing

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups organic oats
  • 5 very ripe bananas
  • 1 large grated zucchini about half a cup
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons apple sauce * see notes
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil I use Nakula organic
  • 1/3 cup organic maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder
  • 1 handful rasins
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 handful chopped nuts I used raw almonds
  • Citrus Cashew Frosting//
  • 1/2 cup cashews soaked 3-4 hours
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1/2 lemon juiced
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder

Instructions
 

  • Pre heat oven to 180*
  • Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl, add in maple syrup, zucchini (when grated, make sure you squeeze out the water with your hands), orange zest, coconut oil, cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla, raisins, nuts and stir well.
  • Place oats in a blender and blend into flour, add into the bowl with wet ingredients, add in apple sauce and stir until combined.
  • Line your cake tin or bread tin with baking paper and place in oven for 50 mins.
  • When it's done, take out and leave in tin for half an hour.
  • Meanwhile, add all icing ingredients in the blender and blend until creamy and cover the top of the cake with icing!
  • To make 1/2 cup apple sauce, peel skin off two pink lady apples, take out the core and chop up into squares. In a saucepan, bring to boil a small amount of water and add in apples. Simmer on a low heat for about 15 mins or until very soft. Drain out water and blend it up!

By: Tiana Noffke · In: Healthy Snacks

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  1. Kristen says

    September 2, 2015 at 11:42 am

    Just wondering you say recipe is GF but contains oat? I’m always confused to whether not oats are gf

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    • Tiana Haines says

      September 2, 2015 at 11:47 am

      Hey Kristen:) oats are actually GF but some maybe be cross contaminated with wheat when being processed so companies can’t actually label them “gluten free” because of that. You can buy gluten free oats from most health food stores to be safe! Otherwise, you could try using gf flour! Hope this helps xx

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  2. gretchen says

    September 2, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    Do you have a rough estimate on how many cups of shredded zucchini the large one produced? I have a giant zucchini at home and I am not sure how much to shred. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Tiana Haines says

      September 2, 2015 at 9:00 pm

      Hey:) mine was about half a cup x

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      • gretchen says

        September 9, 2015 at 8:23 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply
  3. Jessica says

    September 27, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    Hi! It says to combine the oats into flour , but it doesn’t say how much flour to use in the ingredients. How much flour should I use?
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Tiana Haines says

      September 27, 2015 at 7:59 pm

      Hey Jessica ! You use all of it 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sanna says

    October 4, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    I tried this today and it was sooo good!! I made it without the frostig becouse I’m allergic to cashews, bit it was still amazing, thank you for yet another great recipie! 🙂

    Reply
    • Tiana Haines says

      October 4, 2015 at 8:06 pm

      Yay!! I love making this bread! Perfect snack 🙂 so happy you liked it and tastes just as good without frosting X

      Reply
  5. Shannon m says

    January 24, 2016 at 12:03 am

    Hello
    What size pan do you use? 8 inch round or 9×13?
    Also, I’m in the U.S. and I’m assuming you mean Celsius, and not Fahrenheit for the oven temperature? 😉
    Thank you

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    • Tiana Haines says

      January 24, 2016 at 5:16 am

      Hi Shannon!

      Mine is 22 cm springform pan and yes it is celsius hehe!

      Thanks lovely xx

      Reply

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