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Banana and Caramel Cake – it’s vegan.

June 16, 2023 by Tania 3 Comments

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This Banana and Caramel Cake is easy to make, plus it’s vegan and has a delicious lemon buttercream and thick caramel centre.

Vegan banana cake

Don’t get nervous about making a Vegan cake for a birthday, picnic or dinner. This one’s a classic Banana cake and it uses everyday ingredients.

Most of us have experienced not knowing where to begin when making cakes or desserts without dairy, eggs, cream or milk but this cake will change all that.

The Perfect Vegan banana cake

So, why is this banana cake perfect? You make it just like any other cake with ingredients that are not foreign or tricky or hard to get.

It’s perfectly delicious and has a great texture. It has easy lemon icing and a thick delicious filling of date caramel. If making layered cakes is not your jam you can make it as a slab cake without the filling or as cupcakes if you like.

Banana Cake made with non dairy ingredients

Like many cakes, it starts with creamed butter and sugar. A nice white creamy mixture, that ensures a fluffy cake, before adding room temperature eggs. Special homemade vegan buttermilk, banana, and flour.

MSteps to ,aking a vegan banana cake

How to make Vegan Buttermilk

One of the special ingredients that help to make this cake fluffy and delicious is buttermilk made with nondairy milk and apple cider vinegar.

It is made by measuring the milk and then adding vinegar and letting it sit until it looks curdled. If you wanted to make dairy buttermilk you would do it in the same way.

The acidic ingredients (in the buttermilk) combined with bicarbonate of soda help the cake to get a kick start when rising. Without the use of eggs Vegan cakes need a little extra lift. It starts with buttermilk and bicarbonate of soda and then it’s followed by baking powder.

non dairy buttermeilk

There are no tricky ingredients but remember, it is vegan, not gluten free. I haven’t made this cake with gluten free flour, yet anyway.

Lemon buttercream
This is the finished fluffy mixture before baking.
baking and preparing a vegan banana cake
I like to take all of the crust off my cake. This isn’t essential but I like the way it looks once the buttercream is applied.
filling a banana cake with caramel

Vegan Caramel Filling is easy

What’s a special cake without yummy fillings? This one has a delicious caramel filling made from dates, golden syrup, and coconut cream. It is not hard to make and will really elevate your cake if that’s where you’d like to take it.

The chopped dates are simmered gently with the other ingredients and then mixed into a lovely soft mixture that’s cooled and spread into the middle of the cake. Of course, you could squirt some into a cupcake or use it as a topping if you like.

A slice of vegan banana cake

Lemon Buttercream

You can also make sensational vegan buttercream. There’s nothing tricky about it. Just make it like your usual buttercream by starting with creamed butter ( not REAL butter) and icing sugar. A sprinkle of salt, a drop of lemon, and plenty of vanilla make this unbelievably satisfying.

Lemon buttercream banana vegan cake

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Banana cake- vegan with date caramel

This Banana and Caramel Cake is easy to make, plus it's vegan and has a delicious lemon buttercream and thick caramel centre.
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Prep Time 40 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Course Cake, cakes, Dessert
Cuisine Australian
Servings 12 serves

Ingredients
  

Banana Cake

  • 280 ml almond milk ( or any non dairy milk) 1 cup + 1 Tbspn
  • 20 ml apple cider vinegar 1 Tablsp
  • 450 kg flour 3 cups
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder 12 gm
  • 1 tsp baking soda 7 gm
  • 350 gm caster sugar 1 3/4 cups
  • 220 gm nutlex or non dairy butter 1 cup
  • 1/2 teasp salt 2 gm
  • 240 gm banana, mashed 2 large
  • 30 ml vanilla extract 1 1/2 Tablsp

Date Cramel Filling

  • 200 gm dates
  • 125 ml water 1/2 cup
  • 60 gm golden syrup 3 Tblsp
  • 125 ml coconut cream 1/2 cup
  • 1 tsp salt, flaked to taste

Lemon buttercream

  • 250 gm nutlex 1 cup
  • 325 gm icing sugar 2 1/2 cups
  • 10 ml vanilla extract 2 teaspoons
  • 20 ml lemon juice + zest 1 Tbsp
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions
 

Cake

  • You will need a 23-24 cm (9 inch) cake tin for the cake pictured. For a slab cake choose a 23 x 23 extra deep (9 x9 in). Preheat the oven to 160C (320 F).
  • Measure the non-dairy milk and add the vinegar stir well and let this stand until it separates. Should the milk not appear to curdle add another tablespoon. Peel and mash the banana in a bowl and set aside
  • Cream the nutlex, vanilla and sugar until it is light and fluffy. This will take 8 to 10 minutes. Best to use a mixer if possible to get the airiest texture
  • Weight the flour and whisk in the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and set aside
  • Add the mashed banana into the creamed mixture and mix in well, scraping down and mixing again. Add 1/2 of the flour mix and half of the buttermilk and mix well. Add the remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk and scrape down before mixing well.
  • Divide the batter between two paper lined greased tins. Bake the cakes for 35 to 40 minutes or until a cake skewer comes out clean when inserted. When cooked turn out and cool.

Caramel filling

  • Chop the dates. This will remove any seeds and help them break down more rapidly when cooked. Put the dates, golden syrup, and coconut into a pot and heat gently stirring and crushing the dates as they cook. To get an even smoother texture the mixture can be put into a food processor or blender. Set aside. The mixture can be made a head and chilled. Add salt to taste

Lemon Buttercream

  • Put the non dairy butter into a bowl of a mixer. Beat with the paddle until light. Add the vanilla, salt and lemon zest and mix again.
  • Gradually add the icing sugar. You made need more or a little less depending on your taste. Finish with the lemon juice and mix well

Applying buttercream

  • Put the date caramel into the centre of the cake leaving a border around the outer circle of the cake ( approx 5 cm thick). I pipe a circle of buttercream around this circle and then put the second layer of cake on top.
  • Use the rest of the buttercream to cover the cake and decorate however you like.

Notes

Making non dairy buttermilk: It is made by measuring the milk and then adding vinegar and letting it sit until it looks curdled. If you wanted to make dairy buttermilk you would do it in the same way.
Lemon Buttercream: The cake pictured has a double recipe of buttercream. This is so the cake can have a thick coating inside and out and leave enough to put some decorations on the top if needed.
Using non-dairy butter. Nuttlex is often the best “butter” to use. It can be expensive, so you can also find non-dairy margarine in some supermarkets. Aldi has a great one (sunny-vale- 1 kg). It’s inexpensive and does the job. 
When completing a cake I like to take off the browned crust. This can be done with a small paring knife. This is entirely up to you though. I also sometimes like to make a lemon syrup to paint onto my cake for extra flavour too ( 1 cup of sugar to 1/2 cup of lemon juice+ 1/2 cup of water, just melted together then painted onto the cake)
Keyword baking, birthday cake,, cake decorating
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  1. Amar

    September 8, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    5 stars
    Wow, this Banana and Caramel Cake recipe is an absolute gem! Thank you for sharing this fantastic vegan cake recipe, and I look forward to exploring more of your recipes in the future! Keep up the great work!

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  2. Rosy

    September 1, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    Yum! This vegan Banana and Caramel Cake looks delicious. ? I’m also planning on making this delicious cake at home. Thanks for sharing this cool recipe with us.

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  3. Mahmudul

    July 3, 2023 at 5:37 pm

    Wow!! this is one of the best Vegan Cake. I have tried and love it. I appreciate your recipe please upload more recipes like this.

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