Banana Crunch Cake  Ingredients:       Cake Batter    1 cup oat flour       1 cup whole wheat flour or traditional flour or white whole wheat flour    1 teaspoon  baking soda       1/2 teaspoon salt    1/2 cup unsalted butter       2/3 cup  light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, tightly packed    2 large eggs       1 cup  mashed banana    1/2 cup  plain yogurt (non fat to full fat is fine)       1 teaspoon  vanilla extract    1/2 cup  chopped pecans (optional) or chopped walnuts (optional)       1 cup  chocolate chips (optional) or toffee pieces (optional)    Crunch Topping       3/4 cup  old fashioned oats    1/3 cup  light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, tightly packed       1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon    1/4 teaspoon  salt       2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted    1/4 teaspoon  chopped pecans or chopped walnuts

Preparation:

1 Grease and flour an 8-inch-square pan. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 2 For cake batter: Whisk flours, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, stopping to scrape the bowl between eggs. Mix half the dry ingredients until moistened, then mix in bananas, yogurt and vanilla. Scrape the bowl down again before adding the remaining dry ingredients and nuts and chips (if using). Mix until everything is evenly moistened. Transfer batter to the prepared pan. 3 For topping: Combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small mixing bowl until well blended. Stir in melted butter until large crumbs form. Stir in chopped nuts. Sprinkle the topping over the batter in the pan. 4 Bake until the edges pull away from the pan and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40-45 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and place on a rack to cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing.

Comments:

Note: You can use a food processor to turn 1 1/4 cup oats into 1 cup oat flour.

Categories:  Baked Goods, Baked goods, Cakes, Desert, Dessert, Desserts, dessert, desserts

Estimated Serving:  16

Estimated preparation time:  40 min.

Language:  English

Shared by:  Jilly    2009/12/26