Eggless whole wheat Banana Cake Recipe – easy and healthy cake recipe made with whole wheat flour, bananas, and no eggs! The banana cake will sure be a perfect treat for kids and banana lovers! I already have two banana cake recipes in this space with chocolate flavor and plain banana flavor, this banana cake is a slight variation to those and tastes delicious. As I already mentioned banana is my little one’s most favorite fruit, and this banana cake is no exception. She loved this as well. This whole wheat banana cakes can be given to toddlers after one year.
Now Let’s get on to check how to make this healthy egg-less whole wheat banana cake.
Whole Wheat Banana Cake Recipe for Toddlers and Kids
Eggless whole wheat banana cake - no fuss, egg-less cake recipe with whole wheat flour and bananas
Author: Kalyani
Recipe type: Cakes
Cuisine: World
Ingredients
- Whole Wheat Flour -1.5 Cups
- Ripe Banana - 2 large or 2 cups mashed
- Baking Soda - ½ tsp
- Baking Powder - 1 Tsp
- Salt - ⅛ Tsp
- Broken nuts- ¼ cup
- White sugar/ Brown Sugar - ½ cup
- Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
- Olive oil/sunflower oil - ⅔ cup
- *I just halved the recipe measurements and tried
Instructions
- Measure and Sieve the whole wheat flour and mix well with baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Also, preheat the oven to 180 degrees C for 10 minutes.
- Measure and keep all the other ingredients ready. Take a ripe banana and cut them into slices.
- Mash the bananas well with a fork. Alternatively, you can blend the chopped banana pieces in a blender to puree them. Once the bananas are well mashed, add sugar.
- Then add oil followed by vanilla essence. Stir it well with a hand whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved. Mix well so that the oil is mixed evenly.
- Once all the wet ingredients are mixed well, add the sieved whole wheat flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
- Gently fold everything well for 10-15 seconds. Don't over mix. Then add crushed nuts to the mix and give a stir. The final mixture should be thick.
- Grease a cake pan with oil. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and gently tape it. Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg C for 35 -40 minutes (baking time depends on the size of the cake pan and oven) at 180° Celsius till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow cooling in the tray for 5 minutes once done. Once the cake is warm, cut into pieces and serve!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 20 Small pieces
Here is the video of how to make whole wheat banana cake recipe for toddlers and kids
Method:
1. Measure and Sieve the whole wheat flour and mix well with baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Also, preheat the oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
2. Measure and keep all the other ingredients ready. Take a ripe banana and cut them into slices.
3. Mash the bananas well with a fork. Alternatively, you can blend the chopped banana pieces in a blender to puree them. Once the bananas are fully mashed, add sugar.
4. Then add oil followed by vannila essence. Stir it well with a hand whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved. Mix well so that the oil is mixed evenly.
5. Once all the wet ingredients are mixed well, add the sieved whole wheat flour mixture to the wet, ingredients.
6. Gently fold everything well for 10-15 seconds. Don’t over mix. Then add broken nuts to the mix and give a stir. The final mixture should be thick.
7. Grease a cake pan with oil. Pour the mixture to the cake tin and gently tape it. Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg C for 35 -40 minutes (baking time depends on the size of the cake pan and oven) at 180° Celsius till a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tray for 5 minutes once done. Once the cake is warm, cut into pieces and serve!
The healthy and tasty whole wheat banana cakes are ready to serve !
Notes :
- If the mixture is too thick after adding wheat flour, add few tbsp of water.
- Use over ripe banana for best results.
- For small babies, finely chop the nuts or powder them in order to avoid choking.
- Don’t over mix after adding the dry ingredients, just fold them for 10-15 seconds.
- This banana cake stays well for 4 days at room temperature and keeps good for a week if stored in the refrigerator.
- You could use any nuts of your choice or even chocolate chips.
- Mixing and measurements are most important for the perfect cake.
Abarna Nagalingam says
April 2, 2017 at 2:29 pmCan butter be used? If so what will be the measurements.
gkfooddiary says
April 4, 2017 at 11:06 amYes. Butter can be used the quantity is as same as oil, 2/3 cup.
Karthi says
April 3, 2017 at 11:44 amHi is there any difference between baking soda and baking powder.
gkfooddiary says
April 4, 2017 at 11:09 amyes both are different. baking soda pure sodium bicarbonate where as baking powder is a combination of baking soda plus dry acid!
SHRINIDHI says
June 20, 2017 at 9:01 pmCan give Baking soda and baking powder used food to my 1 year old baby
gkfooddiary says
June 20, 2017 at 11:23 pmYes it can be given occasionally
juliya says
July 7, 2017 at 12:45 pmCan ghee be added insead of oil?
gkfooddiary says
July 7, 2017 at 1:25 pmNever tried. Maybe you can try with butter
Anusha says
September 15, 2017 at 2:26 pmHi gk food dairies,
1 cup equals to how many grams?
I don’t have measuring cups,have a weigh scale.if u could tell me the exact measurement i can try the
Recipe
Thanks
Anusha
gkfooddiary says
September 16, 2017 at 1:42 am1 cup is 120 gm approximately. for 1.5 cups of flour it is 180 grams
Hiral says
February 19, 2018 at 8:24 pmHi dear, ur recipe looks yum…
I want to try it. Can i mk it in cooker? I don’t have microwave or oven.
Pls help
gkfooddiary says
February 19, 2018 at 11:30 pmyes you can try the same in cooker
Ankita R Kumar says
September 7, 2018 at 7:23 pmhow much honey I have to use in place of sugar?
Kalyani says
September 8, 2018 at 12:13 amam not really sure as I never tried baking with honey.
Divya says
October 9, 2018 at 5:15 pmCan we omit sugar completely and use another banana or fruit pulp ??
Kalyani says
October 10, 2018 at 3:30 amI never tried. maybe you can try adding applesauce instead of sugar
Rajni Garg says
May 16, 2019 at 4:44 pmI have made this cake earlier, and it came out excellent!
I plan to bake more today. Can I keep the extra batter in the fridge and bake it after the first batch is done?
Kalyani says
May 16, 2019 at 10:18 pmSure, you can. Preserve the batter without adding baking soda, lemon juice/vinegar, and baking powder. Add it just 10 mins before baking.
Shalink says
January 17, 2019 at 9:09 pmAny option for baking soda n powder ?
Kalyani says
January 18, 2019 at 2:51 amI am not sure. If you skip it, the cake won’t raise.