Vietnamese · Dessert
Banana Coconut Cake Bars
A lightened Vietnamese-inspired banana and coconut cake bar, built on oat and coconut flour with Greek yogurt and egg standing in for butter, keeping the tropical banana-coconut flavour intact at a fraction of the usual calories.
$1
12 minsPrep
21 minsCook
48 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
186Calories
5.8gProtein
7.7gFat
24.6gCarbs
10.1gSugar
4.2gFiber
330mgSodium
48mgChol
5gSat Fat
255mgPotassium
38mgCalcium
1.3mgIron
0.2mcgVitamin B12
2.2mgVitamin C
0gPolyol
0gAllulose
0.3gAlcohol
Goes well with
Belgian Blonde Ale
local
Vietnamese Iced Coffee
international
vegetarian
gluten-free
sweet-spot
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a 10x10cm (4x4 inch) tin with parchment, leaving an overhang for easy lifting.
2
In a bowl, mash the 45g banana until smooth, then whisk in the beaten egg, Greek yogurt, brown sugar and vanilla extract until combined.
3
In a separate bowl, stir together the oat flour, coconut flour, desiccated coconut, baking powder and salt.
4
Fold the dry mixture into the wet banana mixture until just combined and no dry streaks remain; do not overmix.
5
Scrape the batter into the prepared tin, smoothing the top level with the back of a spoon.
6
Bake for 20-22 minutes until the top springs back lightly and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out with only a few moist crumbs.
7
Cool the bars fully in the tin on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before lifting out using the parchment overhang.
8
While the bars cool, toast the fresh coconut shavings in a dry pan over low heat for 1-2 minutes until lightly golden, watching closely so they don't burn.
9
Scatter the toasted coconut shavings over the top of the cooled bars, then slice into 2 squares to serve.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 1.6 oz45g mashed banana
- 1 oz28g oat flour
- 0.2 oz6g coconut flour
- 0.7 oz20g greek yogurt
- 1/21/2 eggs, beaten (25g)
- 0.3 oz8g coconut desiccated
- 0.4 oz12g brown sugar
- 0.1 oz2g baking powder
- 0.1 oz2g vanilla extract
- 0 oz1g salt
- 0.4 oz10g thin shavings, toasted coconut flesh
