I love everything with coconut be it cookies, cheese cake, chutney, ice-cream or macrons!
It kind of have calming and soothing effect, at least on me , not to mention what a humble fruit it is which is used for so many things from core to leaf which is amazing. Desiccated coconut has some oil retained so it adds extra moisture to cake. It blends easily and gives pleasant aroma and flavor.
Now for this one I cut short the sugar off my list and relied completely on natural sweetness from data syrup and ripe banana. I gave up on butter long back so most of my recipes use canola oil. I did use some of white flour though with coconut . Chocolate chips really added the extra punch to the coconut and banana flavor so do add them. In case you do not have date syrup, just cook the finely chopped dates (de-seeded) in some water and use the paste .
It kind of have calming and soothing effect, at least on me , not to mention what a humble fruit it is which is used for so many things from core to leaf which is amazing. Desiccated coconut has some oil retained so it adds extra moisture to cake. It blends easily and gives pleasant aroma and flavor.
Now for this one I cut short the sugar off my list and relied completely on natural sweetness from data syrup and ripe banana. I gave up on butter long back so most of my recipes use canola oil. I did use some of white flour though with coconut . Chocolate chips really added the extra punch to the coconut and banana flavor so do add them. In case you do not have date syrup, just cook the finely chopped dates (de-seeded) in some water and use the paste .
Chocolate chips tend to settle down at bottom of pan and thus might make it difficult to remove the cake from pan. To avoid this, layer the pan with greased baking sheet or aluminium foil which makes it easier to remove the cake. This one is really moist and soft cake so need to be handled with care.
Wait for it to cool down completely before removing from pan or slicing. Well I could not resist the aroma and indulged into it as I removed it from oven, so could not slice evenly and it kinda crumpled giving in to my impatience, but who cares if you get a slice of life freshly baked from oven !
Ingredients:
1/2 cup White flour
1/2 cup canola oil
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 table spoon chocolate chips
1 ripe banana
1/2 cup date syrup
1/2 table spoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Recipe:
Preheat oven to 180 C. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl - flour, coconut, baking powder.
In another bowl put together all wet ingredients - oil, banana, date syrup, egg, vanilla extract.
Blend together using a electric mixer. Make sure no lump remains in batter. Now add dry ingredients and mix gently just so everything comes together . Finally throw in the chocolate chips and bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
Wait for it to cool down completely before removing from pan or slicing. Well I could not resist the aroma and indulged into it as I removed it from oven, so could not slice evenly and it kinda crumpled giving in to my impatience, but who cares if you get a slice of life freshly baked from oven !
Ingredients:
1/2 cup White flour
1/2 cup canola oil
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 table spoon chocolate chips
1 ripe banana
1/2 cup date syrup
1/2 table spoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Recipe:
Preheat oven to 180 C. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl - flour, coconut, baking powder.
In another bowl put together all wet ingredients - oil, banana, date syrup, egg, vanilla extract.
Blend together using a electric mixer. Make sure no lump remains in batter. Now add dry ingredients and mix gently just so everything comes together . Finally throw in the chocolate chips and bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
As I have tasted your banana cake, it was awesome. I tasted the same in a local shop in Melbourne and felt yours was more tastier. Keep posting your new recipes and will try out
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