Ingredients
- 190 grams spelt flour, (plain flour may be used)
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 grams Walnuts or Pecans
- 220 grams pitted dates
- 220 grams raw sugar
- 2 eggs
- 120 grams grapeseed oil or light olive oil
- 310 grams ripe bananas, (about 3 large bananas sliced into bowl)
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp cinnamon ground
- sunflower seeds or pepitas, for topping cake
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Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter or line a large loaf pan (about 23 x 13 x 16 cm). Set aside.
Put flour, bicarb soda, cinnamon and salt into TM bowl and sift for 5 seconds on speed 5. Add dates, chop for 5 seconds on speed 7. Add walnuts or pecans and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5. Remove flour mixture to separate mixing bowl.
Put sugar in bowl and mill for 3 seconds on speed 10. Add eggs and oil, and mix for 40 seconds on speed 6 until light and creamy. Slice banana into bowl and add vanilla and mash for 3 seconds on speed 6.
Pour the batter mixture into the flour mixture and fold through until they form a sloppy batter. (This can be done in the TM bowl if you wish.) Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle with some seeds.
Bake for about 1 hour in a moderate oven or until the top is springy and a fine skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool the loaf in the tin on a wire rack for 10 minutes, before turning our onto the rack to cool.
It keeps well in the fridge for about 5 days, and can be frozen for up to 2 months.
Tip
This is a delicious tea bread made with spelt flour that has a rich, almost caramel-like flavour that is like sticky-date pudding. It freezes very well, and may be sliced, and placed between freezer sheets and frozen for later. You can just take out a slice or two when you need a little pick me up. And a little butter on it makes it heavenly!
If you want to be able to send this loaf to school in the lunchbox, either remove the nuts and/or replace them with pepitas or sunflower seeds. My kids are happier without them.
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Comments
This recipe was easy, almost foolproof and tasted delicious. I only had 1.5 ripe bananas so subbed in a very ripe pear which worked just fine. I always cook loaf recipes in mini bar tins or bar muffins because I find they cook more evenly and take way less time. ~18 minutes.
very happy with the result.
Easy to make, tasty and will make again,
make into small cupcakes also
I've made this twice now. First time didn't work well but I didn't cook it long enough so had to put it back in again and I used some frozen little bananas and I think the cake was too soggy. Made it again tonight and it's turned out very well, despite my mistakes. I only used 80g sugar but I forgot to blitz it, just added it to the dry ingredients then realised too late... and I only had two bananas because someone had used the other in a shake. Plus I prefer smaller bits of date so I blitz that step for longer. And it still turned out great... pretty fool proof cake.
Absolutely devine! 70gms sugar..done. deliciously moist and tasty...thank you!
Such a delicious (and relatively guilt free) treat! This recipe is on a weekly rotation in our household. The substitutes I find work well:
• reduce the sugar to 50g
• substitute oil for coconut oil & reduce to 60g
Always deliciously moist & sweet!
Really nice. As per the comments I reducd the sugar to 80g. I also used GF flour and baked in a square pan.
Delicious
i reduced the sugar to 50g and added a handful of dried cranberries.... yum
Big hit with our family too, so delicious!
Only had half the amount of dates at hand but it turned out beautifully. Big hit with the family. Thanks for a great recipe.
Great Banana Cake - halved the sugar will reduce even more next time, also reduced the olive oil to 100 grams and just used ordinary olive oil. Baked cake in a square baking pan instead of a loaf. Delicious, hard to stop at one piece.