Vegan Banana Cake

This banana cake was one of the easiest to bake.  You don’t need a fancy topping on this cake: a simple sprinkling of confectioners powdered sugar does the trick. 

 Ingredients:

•  1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 cup canola or other vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 2 small, very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/4 cup soymilk + 1/4 tsp balsamic vinegar (set aside five minutes to curdle)
• 1 tbsp confectioners’ sugar for dusting

 

Directions:

Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

• Beat together the oil and sugar with a handheld mixer for about two minutes.
• Add the soymilk mixture and beat until just mixed.
• Add the mashed bananas and beat in. Make sure there are no big lumps remaining.
• Add the flour to the banana-soymilk-oil mixture in 2 batches, beating in after each addition until the mixture is smooth. Do not overbeat, though.
•  Line a 9-inch square pan with parchment or wax paper. Oil the paper.
• Pour in the batter and bake 25-30 minutes in a 350-degree oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Place the cake on a rack to cool.
• After about 10 minutes, lift out the cake by the parchment paper and place it on the rack to cool thoroughly.
• Dust the confectioners’ sugar over the cake.
• Cut into squares and devour!