Gluten-Free Banana and Hazelnut Cake
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Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 8-10
 
A gluten-free banana and hazelnut cake that's quick to make, doesn't require any complicated ingredients and is magnificent.
Ingredients
  • 2 small bananas, thinly sliced
  • 185gm (6.5oz) butter, softened
  • ¾ cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed plus 2 tbspns extra
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 1⅓ cups hazelnut meal
  • ⅓ cup rice flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 160C (320F) or 140C (285F) fan-forced.
  2. Line base and sides of a 22cm (8.66 inches) round cake tin with baking paper.
  3. Sprinkle paper with extra brown sugar and arrange banana slices on top of sprinkled sugar.
  4. Combine butter, sugar and vanilla in an electric mixer and beat until as white as possible and light and fluffy.
  5. Add eggs one at a time and beat well between additions.
  6. Add hazelnut meal and flour and beat only until just combined. Pour mixture over banana slices.
  7. Place in oven and cook for 55 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to rest for 10 mins before turning upside down onto a cake stand.
Recipe by Hotly Spiced at http://hotlyspiced.com/gluten-free-banana-and-hazelnut-cake/