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Gluten-free vegan coconut banana bread

Banana bread is one the easiest cake to bake at lazy weekends.  To make this gluten-free vegan coconut banana bread only requires one bowl and one tin -  so there won’t be much washing-up either.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Cuisine: British
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 small ripe bananas
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • 2 cups gluten free self-raising flour
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • ½ cup desiccated coconut
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • Grated zest of 1 lime
  • For the icing:
  • ½ lime juiced
  • 3 Tbsp icing sugar
  • 2 Tbsp desiccated coconut

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  2. Mash the bananas with a fork, then add all the other ingredients and mix well.
  3. Line a loaf tin with parchment paper or paper basket.
  4. Tip the batter into the tin, spreading it out evenly.
  5. Bake the cake tin in the middle of the oven and for approx. 60-80 minutes until golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
  6. Let it cool in the tin for 5 minutes then transfer it to a wire rack.
  7. Make the icing by combining the lime juice with icing sugar and desiccated coconut. Spread this over the cake and let is set before slicing it.
  8. Let it completely, before serving.