Gluten-free Banana And Pecan Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 150 g pecan nuts
• 350 g gluten-free plain flour
• 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 2 1/2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
• 225 g butter
• 225 g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 4 bananas
• 85 g chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan/gas 4. line a 33x23cm shallow tin with baking paper. put half the nuts on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes until lightly toasted. chop roughly.
• 2 sift the flour, xanthan gum and baking powder.
• 3 in a different bowl, beat the spread and sugar until creamy. beat in the vanilla and the eggs, one at a time, adding 1tbsp of the flour mixture with each egg.
• 4 mash the bananas with a fork, then fold into the mixture with the rest of the flour, chopped nuts, and dark chocolate.
• 5 put into the cake tin, level the top, scatter with the remaining nuts, and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the middle of the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
• 6 cool on a wire rack.