Recipe post: Sugar free banana cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting

I have another cake recipe to share! I made this for a friend's birthday recently and it was a hit, and really simple to make! If you have a thermomix or similar it's a breeze. It's a matter of throw everything in an blitz, my favourite kind of recipe! You can also vary it in any way you like, by adding different spices, nuts, lemon zest or even chocolate chips.

Cake ingredients

125g butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup honey, rice syrup or maple syrup, or a mixture of any of these
1 1/4 cups mashed overripe banana (about 2 large bananas)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100ml buttermilk (or raw milk mixed with yoghurt)
225g (1 1/2 cups) gluten free or spelt self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
nutmeg, I like a whole tsp but you add to taste!

Whizz all these in the processor or thermomix, then bake in a 20cm sandwich tin for about 40 mins, or til a skewer comes out cleanish. It won't be totally clean, it's a very moist cake.

Cool completely, then refrigerate before serving, preferably overnight. The texture is like a banana mud cake!

Icing ingredients

3 bars well...naturally sugar free chocolate, milk or dark (about 135g)
250g cream cheese, preferably home made (from yoghurt)
1/3 cup maple syrup

Melt chocolate in a double boiler then leave aside to cool.
In a processor blend cream cheese and maple syrup, then add melted chocolate and blend til smooth.
Slather over the cooled cake thickly!

Please leave your comments if you make this cake, and let me know how it went!