Dairy-free banana cake with passionfruit icing

ingredients

• Dairy-free banana cake with passionfruit icing

  • 1/2 cup (125ml) vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed very ripe banana (from about 2 bananas)
  • 1 1/2 cup (225g) self-raising flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) soy milk

• Passionfruit icing

  • 2 cup (320g) icing sugar mixture, sifted
  • 2 tablespoon passionfruit pulp

method

• Dairy-free banana cake with passionfruit icing

  • 1

    Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Grease and line a 20cm round cake pan.

  • 2

    In a large bowl, whisk together oil, caster sugar and vanilla until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Mix in banana. Combine flour and bicarbonate of soda. Alternately fold flour mixture and soy milk into egg mixture, starting and finishing with flour.

  • 3

    Spoon batter into prepared pan and smooth surface. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

  • 4

    Make Passionfruit Icing using method below.

  • 5

    Spread warm icing over cake and stand until set. Slice and serve.

• Passionfruit icing

  • 1

    Mix together icing sugar and enough passionfruit pulp in a heatproof bowl to form a paste. Place over a pan of simmering water and stir for 2-3 minutes, until smooth.