Coconut Flour Banana Cake with Chocolate Rum Ganache {gluten-free, dairy-free}
Pillowy, gluten- and dairy-free banana cake topped with rum coconut milk ganache = dessert bliss. Find more details about my vegan coconut milk ganache recipe here.
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 40 minutesminutes
Total: 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings: 12servings
Ingredients
Cake:
½cup(80 g) sweet white rice flour (preferably Koda Farms or Bob’s Red Mill)
½cup(60 g) coconut flour (preferably Bob’s Red Mill)
½cup(75 g) millet flour (preferably Bob’s Red Mill)
1tablespoon+ 1 teaspoon (20 ml) GF dark rum (such as Meyer’s or The Kraken)
1/8teaspoonfine sea salt
Instructions
Make the cake:
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350ºF. Line an 8x10 or 9-inch square pan with parchment paper on the bottom and all sides (or coat lightly with soft vegan butter).
In a medium bowl, sift together the sweet rice, coconut, millet, and tapioca flours with the baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Stir together the plant yogurt and plant milk and set aside.
In a large bowl with a wooden spoon (or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), beat together the vegan butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, a few minutes. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
Stir about one-third of the flour into the butter mixture, then stir in half of the yogurt mixture. Repeat, ending with the remaining flour mixture. Stir in the mashed banana.
In the clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment (or in a large bowl with an electric egg beater or whisk) whip the reserved egg whites until foamy. Slowly add in the sugar and whip on medium-high until the whites just hold firm peaks. Fold one-third of the egg whites into the batter, then gently fold in the remaining two-thirds until no streaks remain. Gently pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs, 40-50 minutes. Let cool completely.
Make the ganache:
In a small saucepan set over medium heat, warm the coconut milk to a bare simmer. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate. Let sit for a minute, then stir until melted and smooth. Stir in the rum and salt. Let the ganache cool at room temperature until it holds a shape left by the spatula, stirring occasionally, about an hour (you can speed this up by placing it in the refrigerator for 5 or 10 minutes at a time). If the ganache becomes too firm to spread, just warm it over a very low flame.
Swirl the cooled ganache over the cake and let cool or chill until firm enough to slice. Lift the cake from the pan, peel away the parchment, and cut into 12 pieces. Serve at room temperature. The cake will keep, refrigerated airtight, for up to 4 days.
Notes
I adapted this recipe from one I found online and unfortunately I can’t recall which one! If it’s similar to yours please let me know so I can properly credit you!If dairy isn’t an issue, you can make this with dairy butter, and replace the yogurt and almond milk with buttermilk or yogurt thinned with milk.Just a heads up that you’ll need to whip the egg whites after you’ve made the rest of the batter. I like to stir the batter by hand in a large bowl and save my stand mixer bowl for whipping the egg whites. Alternatively, you can use an electric egg beater.Take care not to contaminate the egg whites with any other ingredients aside from the sugar as it will prevent them from whipping up.If you’re looking for a way to use up the extra coconut milk, try this Green Noodle Soup with Coconut Lemongrass Broth.Nutritional values are based on one of twelve servings.