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Vegan Coconut Banana Cake

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Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish
Servings 12 people

Equipment

  • Springform pan (25 cm in diameter)
  • Cake cutter (not necessary, but it's easier than having to cut straight)

Ingredients
  

Banana Cake

  • 360 g flour
  • 12 tsp baking powder
  • 5 tbsp grapeseed oil
  • 2 dl coconut milk
  • 6 bananas
  • 200 g brown sugar
  • 75 g vegan butter
  • 150 g coconut desiccated
  • 2 tbsp coconut milk

Coconutcreme

  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 5 1/2 tsp corn starch
  • 6 1/2 dl coconut milk

Filling

  • 2-3 bananas

Instructions
 

Banana Cake

  • Mix flour and baking powder in a bowl
  • Add the oil to the bowl and stir well, there might be some lumps left
  • Mash the 6 bananas with a fork or blend them in a blender and add them to the dough with the 2 dl of coconut milk. Stir until the dough has an even texture
  • Lubricate the springform with a bit of fat (e.g., grape seed oil or vegan butter)
  • Distribute the dough in the spring form and bake it in the oven at 180 ° C for 30-40 minutes
  • While the cake is in the oven: Cut / chop the butter into smaller pieces and mix with brown brown sugar, coconut flour, and the rest of the coconut milk.
  • Take the cake out of the oven and put the farin mixture on top
  • Bake the cake further in the oven for 5-10 minutes at 220 ° C until the coconut mixture has turned golden
  • Let the cake cool completely

Coconut Creme

  • Whisk all the ingredients for the cream together in a thick-bottomed pot
  • Cook on medium heat until cream begins to thicken (about 40 min)
  • Take the cream off the heat and stir once in a while to avoid lumps until the cream is cold / at room temperature

Putting The Cake Together

  • Cut the cake in half in the middle of the part with bananas in (this is easiest to do with a cake divider) and remove the top with 1-2 pallets. Transfer the top part to e.g. a flat dish
  • Cut the bananas into slices of about 1 cm place them on the bottom
  • Spread the coconut cream over the banana slices
  • Lay the top of the cake on top of the coconut cream and serve

Notes

Wait till shortly before serving before putting the cake together, since the bananas in the middle turns brown after a short time