Banana-Cinnamon Snacking Cake

Preparation info
  • Makes one

    8 - or 9 inch

    Square Cake
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

Cakes traditionally made with fruit purees in the batter, like banana bread and apple tea bread, are good candidates for reducing fat successfully. Here mashed banana adds texture and sweetness that would ordinarily be derived from butter, sugar, and eggs. Yogurt keeps the cake moist and light with much less fat than the sour cream often used in banana cakes.