Name: Paleo Banana Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 48 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 large ripe bananas; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup coconut sugar; 1/4 cup melted coconut oil; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cup almond flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup cooked and cooled mashed sweet potato; 3/4 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 3 tbsp almond milk

Servings: 9 servings 1x

Ingredients

Cake

3 large ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup almond flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Icing

1 cup cooked and cooled mashed sweet potato
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup maple syrup
3 tbsp almond milk

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and grease an 8×8 baking pan or line with parchement paper
Peel and cube sweet potato and add steam on the stove top until soft about 20 minutes
In a large mixing bowl, mash banana with a fork or potato smasher
Add eggs, melted and cooled coconut oil, coconut sugar, and vanilla extract to the mixing bowl with the smashed banana and mix thoroughly
In a separate mixing bowl combine almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt
Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and spread into the 8×8 baking pan
Bake at 350F for 38 minutes
While the cake cooks prepare the icing by mashing the sweet potato with a fork or hand mixer
Add 1 cup cooked and cooled mashed sweet potato to a mixing bowl with cocoa powder and maple syrup
Mix with an electric hand mixer or in a food processor until combined
Add almond milk to the icing and mix until smooth and creamy
Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool fully before topping with icing and sprinkles

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