Adriano nagged me for a couple of weeks about making a banana cake, which is very odd because he doesn’t have a sweet tooth. But he didn’t let up and so I eventually caved and made it. The only problem with that is then I need to eat it too because who can resist a banana cake in the house without devouring it! The cake is already finished and I am a kilo heavier while he burns off the calories on his bike in about five minutes. It would take me an hour at my speed. Anyway, the cake was moist and very moreish as you can imagine, so it was well worth making.
Banana Cake - Low Fodmap and Gluten-Free
Author: Suzanne Perazzini
Ingredients
- 125 gms/4.4oz softened butter
- 1 cup caster sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups gluten-free flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¾ cup lactose-free yogurt
- 1 cup mashed banana
Method
- Heat oven to 180°C/350°F.
- Place butter and sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric blender until fluffy and pale.
- Add the eggs one at a time and mix well.
- Sift the dry ingredients together and fold into the butter.
- Add the yogurt and banana and stir to combine.
- Spoon mixture into a buttered, lined cake tin and bake for around 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
We haven’t made a banana cake in quite awhile. Now you have me in the mood for one! 🙂 Looks excellent — thanks.
We often forget about some of the classic recipes in our quest for something innovative but they endure for a reason – they are good.
please tell us what caster sugar is? Is that just white sugar?
It is a finer version of table sugar.
Banana cakes get gobbled up very quickly in this house too. Tis the season for gaining a few extra kilos or being like Adriano and getting on your bike! My excuse is that it’s too hot to ride. That’s a great looking cake and I like how it’s gluten-free xx
The kilos are already starting to go on – that’s the easy part. It’s getting rid of them that is a hard slog.
What can i use instead of the yoghurt?
Any kind of lactose-free milk like almond milk.
is lactose free kefir allowed in this diet? the lactose free yogurt is, so most likely the kefir is.
I have a loaf of bananas in the freezer – could i use these for this recipe or do they need to be fresh? Also, some websites say that unripe bananas are low fodmap but ripe bananas are high, is that correct? Or is it the other way?
Defrost them and they should be fine. I banana whether ripe or not is permitted. But the ripe banana is higher in fructose and the less ripe banana is higher in fructans.
Sorry, the previous comment should have said a load of bananas NOT loaf!! Ha ha!
Hi
I was just wondering what suggestions you had for this recipe and for replacing the caster sugar and brown sugar with maple syrup please?
Thanks
Different sugars have different properties and so I can’t guarantee the cake would come out the same. Is there a reason you want to use maple syrup? All of these sugars are safe for us with IBS.
Hi, I just wondered what lactose free yoghurt you use? Anything I have seen here, has soybeans in it.
I am not sure what country you live in but Green Valley Organics in the USA is a good one.
Sorry, should have said! I’m in new Zealand. Also, unrelated to this recipe but wonder if you can tell me? Can I have Christmas mince pies if I make a gluten-free pastry or would they still be high fodmap because of the dried fruit? I could make them small ?
Not sure here because I don’t have an issue with lactose but my Kiwi clients don’t seem to have had a problem finding it. I am sure even my small supermarket has it.
No mince pies, I am afraid. Maybe you would get away with a tiny one but I wouldn’t risk it or it could spoil the day. I am strictly low Fodmap on Christmas day so I enjoy it like everyone else.
How many does this recipe feed?
It depends on how thick you cut the slices. It’s an average sized cake.