Banana Cream Pudding Cake

Fluffy Banana Cake with Frosting + Cookie Crumbles

If you love any banana dessert, you will love this. The cake is super fluffy with a light banana flavor. The frosting on top adds the perfect amount of sweetness with a crunch from the cookie crumble.

This cake is by far one of my favorite recipes I have made recently. No one would guess this cake is 100% vegan, it is that good!

Banana: be sure your banana is as ripe as possible as it provides a lot of the sweetness and flavor in this recipe. If you have bananas that aren’t ripe but want to make this recipe, you can place the bananas in the oven on a low temperature and cook until the peel turns brown.

Applesauce: I always use unsweetened applesauce. Ideally, you want the only ingredients to be water and apples. You can use sweetened applesauce; however, I find it to be sweet enough using unsweetened applesauce.

Sugar: I used cane sugar in this recipe. Any granulated sugar will work such as monk fruit or white sugar.

Nondairy milk: I always use unsweetened almond milk. Any nondairy milk will work. If you aren’t vegan, traditional milk should also work.

Vegan butter: any vegan butter will work. You can also try liquid oil or normal butter if you aren’t vegan.

All-purpose flour: I haven’t tested any other flours in this recipe.

Almond flour: I haven’t tested any other flours in this recipe.

Frosting: you can use any frosting of your choice. I used a store-bought vanilla frosting. You could use chocolate frosting as well or leave the cake as is.

Oreos: I used golden Oreos in this recipe. You can use any type of cookie you prefer for this recipe.

Ingredients:

• Banana

• Applesauce

• Sugar

• Vanilla extract

• Nondairy milk

• Vegan butter

• All-purpose flour

• Almond flour

• Baking powder

• Frosting

• Oreos

Recipe:

Small batch cake (double for more)

• 1 banana

• ½ cup applesauce

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 3 tablespoons milk (nondairy or regular)

• 4 tablespoons butter (nondairy or regular)

• 2/3 cup PLUS ¼ cup all-purpose flour

• 2/3 cup almond flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• Pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat your oven to 350F.

2. Line a baking pan with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.

3. To a large mixing bowl add your mashed banana, applesauce, sugar, vanilla, milk, and melted butter. Stir to combine.

4. Add in the flour, almond flour, baking powder, and salt.

5. Stir until the batter comes together. Transfer to the baking pan.

6. Bake for 22-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

7. Allow to completely cool before frosting. Top with crushed Oreos and optional sliced banana. Store in the refrigerator. Enjoy!