Chocolate Banana Cake (No Sugar added, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Nut Free)

Last week I had a friend send me a recipe for a banana chocolate cake and asked what I thought of it nutritionally. At first glance, it looked pretty good. Then I entered the recipe into myfitness pal to see the nutritional facts and was shocked. 1 serving (1/9th) of the cake had almost 300 calories, 9g fat,  and a whopping 56 carbs and 36g sugar!

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I had most of the ingredients on hand, but decided to make several changes to it in hopes of improving the nutrition content.  This is what I came up with, and it is so flavorful, moist, and light.

**Quick tip** as you can see here, my bananas have a frost over them.  They weren't quite ripe enough. When that is the case, I put them in the freezer overnight, then thaw just before using. Freezing them activates the natural sugars, but it also adds a little moisture to your recipe.

Start by creaming together 3 bananas with 6 Tablespoons Trivia Brown Sugar blend.

Next, add in a small container (5.30z) Oikos Triple Zero Greek Yogurt and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. I used Banana Cream flavor, but vanilla or chocolate would be great as well.  For a Dairy free version, use the same amount of dairy free yogurt such as SoDelicious. Mix until well incorporated.

To make this recipe egg free, I used milled flax seed as a replacer. Add 1 tablespoon milled flax seed to 3 tablespoons warm water; let sit for a couple minutes.  Add to your banana mixture. 

Finally, add in 1/2Cup cocoa powder, 1teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 Cup gluten free flour. Mix just until combined, careful to not overmix. 

How amazing does this look?!?!  Pour batter into a greased 9x9 baking dish. Bake at 350' for 30minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.

A little fresh whipped cream on top is the perfect accompaniment.

I hope that you all enjoy this recipe as much as we did.  If you make it, please let me know what you think.

Chocolate Banana Cake

Number of servings: 9

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas

6T Truvia Brown Sugar Blend

1 5.3oz container Oikos Triple Zero Greek Yogurt (or use a dairy free alternative)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1T milled flax seed with 3T warm water

1/2C unsweetened cocoa powder

1C gluten free Cup for Cup flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350'

Start by creaming together bananas and brown sugar blend.  Add in yogurt and vanilla extract; mix well.  Next, add in flax seed mixture. Finally add cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix just until incorporated.

Pour batter into a greased 9x9" baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Nutrition facts

Calories-125

Fat-1g

Sodium-210mg

Carbs-33g

Sugar-11g

Protein 2.3g