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Vegan Banana Cake (and sugar-free)

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

An easy recipe for a vegan, sugar-free banana cake. This healthy eggless banana cake is perfect for babies, children and allergy sufferers and tastes super moist and soft.

Healthy banana cake without sugar

A vegan, eggless and sugar-free banana cake - can this really be tasty?

And even more so if you do not use refined sugar, but alternative sweeteners such as honey, agave syrup, coconut blossom sugar, or rice syrup? The answer is yes, this healthy banana cake tastes good!

I had developed the recipe as a birthday cake for our son's 1st birthday. And maybe there are parents among you who are also looking for inspiration for an eggless and sugar-free baby cake. Or adults who - without any offspring 😉 - want a vegan banana cake recipe that is not entirely over-sweetened.

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  • Taste and Occasion
  • Ingredients
  • How to make the Sugar-free Banana Cake
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Vegan sugar-free banana cake

Taste and Occasion

As this cake has no sugar, eggs, or butter, it tastes a bit different than a "normal" version. It doesn't look as wonderfully pretty, but it's really moist, sweet, and tasty (if you don't mind a soggy, compact, nicely moist cake).

Before someone gets me wrong: I don't think you should forbid sugar to small children, deny them a bite of cake or cookie. But as long as they don't know all this, and accordingly don't miss anything, I think it should be allowed to eat a little bit healthier. Our son would have loved to lay down in his first birthday cake. And I mean that literally 🙂 .

Birthday cake for 1st birthday without sugar

Ingredients

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The fact that the result is also a rather low-fat banana cake is somewhat coincidental. Small children need good fats, but the ripe bananas and applesauce have already easily brought a lot of moisture into the dough.

Since small children unfortunately often suffer from allergies, the basic recipe is a dairy-free and egg-free banana cake. Non-vegans can use normal cow's milk instead of vegetable milk such as oat milk and butter instead of the coconut oil. Then, however, you need to use somewhat more butter (approx. 30 gram).

healthy vegan banana cake

How to make the Sugar-free Banana Cake

Before you get started, preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C degrees. Grease a small springform pan (7-8 in) and dust it with flour, or line the pan with baking paper. After the preparation is done, puree the very ripe bananas to purée with a hand blender or a mixer.

Mix it well with applesauce, milk, coconut oil, and vanilla so that there are no more pieces in the mixture. Then, mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and gradually stir into the banana cream.

For the next step, halve the dough and stir in one half with additional cocoa and milk.
To make the cake's zebra pattern, put a few tablespoons of dough in the middle of the cake. Put some darker dough on the light-colored dough, then light-colored dough again, etc. This way, the dough runs outwards in the mold and creates the marble pattern. Bake the banana cake for about 35 minutes, take it out of the form and let it cool down.

If you want the optional frosting, stir the cream cheese with a hand mixer until smooth. Add just so much fruit puree that the cream is slightly sweet. Finally, spread the frosting on the cake. And just like that, you get your healthier version of a regular banana cake.

banana cake without sugar and egg

Top Tip

Children especially like the zebra pattern of this eggless banana cake. The healthy banana cake becomes more festive when it is topped with frosting as shown in the third photo. Of course, none with 500 grams of powdered sugar, as is often suggested in baking books…

Recipe Recommendation

Vegan Banana Oatmeal Muffins

These sugar-free and egg-free vegan banana oatmeal muffins are perfect for those who eat consciously. Not only toddlers love the fast, healthy breakfast muffins!

I simply mixed cream cheese with applesauce and spread it over the cake. This was perfect for mashing around. So for the babies 😉 .

Recipe Card

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Healthy Banana Cake (no sugar, no eggs)

This vegan banana cake is the perfect cake for babies, toddlers and health-conscious adults. No sugar, butter, egg or wheat, but delicious and moist!
Prep Time15 mins
Baking Time35 mins
Servings: 1 small springorm pan (7-8 in)
Calories: 260kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 bananas , very ripe; about 400 grams with peel
  • 150 grams (½ cups) applesauce , sugar-free; best homemade
  • 100 milliliters (½ cups) oat milk , or other milk
  • 1 pinch ground vanilla powder
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil , about 20 g; alternatively 30 g butter
  • 200 grams (1 ¾ cups) spelt flour type 630
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt

For the cocoa dough additionally

  • 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon oat milk

For the optional frosting

  • 200 grams (1 cup) cream cheese , I have taken 15% fat
  • 2 tablespoons applesauce, or banana puree; quantity as required

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C. Grease a small springform pan (18-20 cm) and dust with flour or line with baking paper.
  • Puree the very ripe bananas to purée with a hand blender or a mixer. Mix well with applesauce, milk, coconut oil and vanilla so that there are no more pieces in the mixture.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and gradually stir into the banana cream. Halve the dough and stir in one half with additional cocoa and milk.
  • For the cake's zebra pattern, put a few tablespoons of dough in the middle of the cake, put some darker dough on the light-colored dough, then light-colored dough again, etc. This way the dough runs outwards in the mould and creates the marble pattern. Bake the cake for about 35 minutes, take it out of the form and let it cool down.
  • For the optional frosting, stir the cream cheese with a hand mixer until smooth and add so much fruit puree that the cream is slightly sweet. Spread on the cake.

Notes

The cake is more compact and moist than the typical cake because of the missing eggs and the extremely low fat, but it is supposed to be this way. It is easy to prepare and can also be frozen.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Similar recipes

I hope you like my healthy birthday cake recipe for toddlers. By the way: My butter-free and sugar-free apple-carrot cake goes in a similar direction.

If you are looking for a classic American moist Banana Bread I would recommend you my best ever Banana Bread recipe. The Bread is soft and fruity with a slight taste of caramel.

healthy banana cake for toddlers

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Healthy Banana Cake (no sugar, no eggs)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 260 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 28mg9%
Sodium 94mg4%
Potassium 324mg9%
Carbohydrates 34g11%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 390IU8%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 91mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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