Low Fat Desserts Recipes - Banana Gingerbread Slices Recipe

  
 

Low Fat Desserts Recipes - Banana Gingerbread Slices

Ingredients

  • 275g plain flour

  • 20ml ground ginger

  • 10ml mixed spice

  • 5ml bicarbonate of soda

  • 11g soft light brown sugar

  • 60ml corn oil

  • 30ml molasses or black treacle

  • 30ml malt extract

  • 2 eggs, beaten

  • 60ml orange juice

  • 3 ripe bananas

  • 115g raisins or sultanas

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350"F /Gas 4. Line and grease a 28 x 18cm/11 x 7in baking tin.

  2. Sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Spoon some of the mixture back into the sieve, add the brown sugar and sift the mixture back into the bowl.

  3. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the oil, molasses or treacle, malt extract, eggs, and orange juice. Mix thoroughly.

  4. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Add to the gingerbread mixture with the raisins or sultanas. Mix well.

  5. Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the centre springs back when the surface of the cake is lightly pressed.

  6. Leave the gingerbread in the tin to cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack, remove the lining paper and leave to cool completely. Cut into 20 slices to serve.