by Lea Hogg
I made this cake again on TV this week and it always proves to be a great success, not only in the taste and texture but also in the response from the audience.
In a Mediterranean Diet we go back to old traditions to the days when processed food was not around. I have been testing a line of new recipes for the last 5 years and here is one of my favorite ones.
For the banana and coconut, nearly-all-in-one cake with no butter and no sugar you wil need:
3 cups self raising flour
2 cups dessicated coconut
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
a few drops good vanilla extract
1 cup ricotta
4 eggs, separated, egg whites beaten until they stand in peaks (optional, you can also add the eggs as they are)
4 bananas
juice of one lemon
1 tablespoon cornflour (optional but adds firmness to the cake texture)
and instead of the processed sugar:
1 1/2 cups golden raisins soaked in just enough water to cover for a few hours or overnight. Then simply use a hand blender to process to a pulp.Method:
in a large bowl sieve the flour and cornflour. Add the bicarbonate of soda and coconut. Mix.
In another bowl use a hand blender to process the bananas, lemon juice, egg yolks, vanilla, ricotta.
Add the flour mixture a little at a time and mix in using a metal spoon.
add the beaten egg whites. Mix in gently.
Immediately pour the cake mix into a prepared cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 170c for 35/40 minutes.
No sugar no butter? Intriguing!
Have a look now 🙂
The texture looks great – and clever substitutes too!
thank you so much 🙂 hope you like it if you try !
I want to make this interesting cake but have a few questions: (1) How much is one spoon of cornflour. Is it a teaspoon, dessert spoon or table spoon? (2) What size tin do I use? What size eggs? (3) When soaking the raisins, do I throw the water away before blending? Thanks
a tablespoon. I use 23 cm, eggs medium. no you blend the water with the golden raisins, it will come like a thick syrup consistency…
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is it suitable for diabetics?
it is not sugar free marisa but contains no processed sugar as it has been replaced with the golden raisins. For a more diabetic friendly recipe use stevia
Love these reipes
thank you 🙂