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A special Blueberry Banana Smash Cake made with love for my special boy 🫐🍌💙
No judgement to whatever type of cake you want to give your baby for their first birthday, I just knew I wanted to make ours and to keep it sugar free since we haven’t introduced that yet. Here’s the recipe 👉🏻
🍌 Banana Bread Cake:
1 ripe banana
1/4 cup yogurt
1/2 cup soy milk
1/2 tablespoon avocado oil (adds moisture)
splash of vanilla extract
1 cup oat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
🫐 Blueberry Compote: (makes extra)
1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup water
1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
🌀Blueberry Frosting:
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
~1/3 cup thick coconut yogurt, more/less as needed to get the right texture
1- Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a 8 or 9” cake pan and set aside
2- Mash the banana, transfer to a bowl and mix with the yogurt, milk, oil, and vanilla. Add the oat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon and mix to form a thick batter.
3- Use a spatula to transfer to the cake pan and shimmy the pan a little on the counter until you get a smooth top
4- Bake for 22-28 minutes, until set in the center. 5- Let rest for 10 min in the pan, then flip onto a cooling rack and let cool completely before slicing
6- In the meantime bring the blueberries and compote to a simmer over medium heat. Mash the blueberries and simmer for another 5 min, remove from the heat and stir in the chia seeds.
7- Thaw (or microwave) the blueberries for the topping and mash with a fork, then drain the colored liquid into a separate bowl. Mix this with yogurt until you get a thick enough frosting!
*The cake and compote can be made in advance and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, but I suggest making the frosting only 1-2 hours before serving as the color from the blueberry juice does fade over time 🙂