Banana & coconut cream pie, but in cake form! The cake stays super moist thanks to coconut cream, and is just lightly sweetened with coconut sugar and maple syrup. It’s also both gluten and grain free, made with a mix of almond and coconut flour. This is sure to be your new go-to easy cake recipe!
Ingredients
BANANA & COCONUT CREAM CAKE
- 3 cups almond flour
- 3 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¾ cup unsweetened shredded coconut flakes
- 3 ea. large eggs beaten
- ¾ cup coconut sugar
- ¾ cup coconut cream melted (refrigerate x2 cans of full fat coconut milk before opening; use only solidified cream on top)
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 ea. bananas cut into rounds, 1/8” thick
COCONUT WHIP TOPPING:
- 2, 13.5oz cans coconut cream (refrigerated overnight, 3 cans if using full fat coconut milk)
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut flakes, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, coconut sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. Whisk in cooled melted coconut cream.
- Add flour mixture and blend until flours are incorporated. Batter will be very thick.
- Using a spatula, spread half the batter on the bottom of a parchment lined 9” x 9” pan.
- Add a layer of banana rounds on top. Spread remaining batter over the layer of bananas.
- Bake ~38-45 minutes, cake top should be nicely browned, and a knife/toothpick inserted in the middle should come out batter-free.
- In a large chilled bowl, cream together cold coconut cream for ~3-5 minutes till light and fluffy. Coconut cream needs to be super cold in order to whip together!! Add vanilla bean paste and whip again. You can add maple syrup to sweeten if wanted, but I find the cake sweet enough that the whipped coconut cream tastes best when unsweetened and flavored with vanilla bean paste only. Spread on top of cooled cake.
- Optional: sub store-bought coconut whip topping if you don’t want to make your own!
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