Banana-Walnut Cake with Blackberry-Almond Butter Sauce
A naturally sweetened cake built on ripe bananas, almond and oat flours, cinnamon, and crushed walnuts, optionally topped with a blackberry and almond butter sauce. Uses Date Syrup 2.0 in place of refined sugar.
From The How Not to Age Cookbook

- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
- Yield
- 9 servings
- Category
- Dessert
Nutrition (estimated)
per 1 square (cake only, sauce optional)- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 27 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 13 g
- Sodium
- 30 mg
Ingredients
- ground flaxseeds
- mashed ripe bananas
- unsweetened soy milk
- date syrup 2.0
- fresh lemon juice
- vanilla extract
- almond flour
- oat flour
- baking powder
- ground cinnamon
- coarsely crushed walnuts
Instructions
- Soak flaxseeds in 2 tbsp warm water 10 min.
- Mix mashed bananas, soy milk, Date Syrup 2.0, lemon juice, vanilla, and flaxseed mixture.
- Whisk in almond flour, oat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon. Fold in walnuts.
- Spread in a parchment-lined 8-inch square pan. Bake at 350°F ~30 min until lightly browned.
Active Compounds
Nutrients and bioactive compounds delivered by this recipe's ingredients.
From: Walnuts, Flaxseeds
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From: Soymilk
May Support
Health conditions and aging processes this recipe's compounds may influence, based on the source research.
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