This flourless chocolate cake recipe is s great alternative to cakes made with almond flour. It’s also a wonderful nut-free dessert recipe. My husband and older son love Flourless Chocolate Banana Cake. It’s incredible with the Strawberry Meringue Frosting from my second cookbook, Gluten-Free Cupcakes. They call it banana split cake when I serve it that way.
This Flourless Chocolate Banana Cake recipe is quick and easy. The trick? Make sure that your bananas are quite ripe so that the cake is sweet. If you are in need of dairy-free diet recipes, try this cake with my Coconut Whipped Cream recipe.
Flourless Chocolate Banana Cake
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs, separated
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ cup agave nectar or honey
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil or palm shortening
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 2 bananas
- ½ cup cacao powder
Instructions
- In a vitamix, blend egg yolks, agave, and salt on medium for 1 minute
- Add grapeseed oil and mashed banana and blend for 1 minute
- Blend in cacao powder
- In a bowl, whip egg whites to stiff peaks
- Gently fold contents of vitamix into bowl with egg whites
- Pour batter into a greased 8 inch springform pan
- Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes
- Serve
The inspiration for this Flourless Chocolate Banana Cake recipe came from a feature on Passover dessert recipes in Living Without. That recipe was a bit heavy on the eggs, as Passover desserts can sometimes be. My cake doesn’t have that issue, and is very moist and mousse-like.
Here are some of my other nut-free paleo dessert recipes, all Kosher for Passover too!
Helen Blain says
I appreciate recipes that don’t use almond flour – it’s so expensive, I simply can’t afford it! Thanks for this new recipe – I love chocolate and miss it. I will try this recipe this week.
Helen Blain says
I was diagnosed as gluten-intolerant last July and have been gluten-free since then. Your website is tremendously helpful and gives me hope! I refer others to you all of the time. Thank you. I have developed a banana muffin recipe I’d love to share with your readers. Do you accept contributions?
Justine says
Yummy- thank you. I was hoping to find something fun to make while we are at the beach this weekend for my little guy’s 5th birthday, and I think this cake will do nicely! I made your german choc cake as cupcakes with choc frosting (though I used butter instead of GS Oil) and they were a big hit over this past weekend…so chocolaty!! I will look for this movie whether I win it or not- sounds great and I love documentaries!
Karen Russell says
You can whip coconut milk to make whipped cream that’s dairy free! You chill it in the frig along with the bowl and beaters. When you open the can you pour out the liquid part and just use the more solid part. Whip with some agave nectar and vanilla. Enjoy! Thanks for the great recipes. I love them.
Steven says
Very cool cake, I’ll be making this later this week. Now to find a strawberry frosting recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
AUDREY says
I am lucky enough to live in the city where the Garcia Resturant is !!..It is in the San Diego,Ca. Gaslight District and a great place to eat and meet friends. I loved this choco banana cake recipe. It satisfies all those special sweet tooth needs..We had it for desert tonight It was still warm !!!!!!!!! Yum
Cyn Cyr says
I cannot wait to try this cake…I am teaching a Raw food class at our local college, and will try this with arrowroot powder instead of the eggs, and freeze it. I have a feeling that it will be good. I may even use some soaked nuts in it as well.
Thanks for all you do.
Cyn
LK- healthy delicious says
this looks delicious with the banana!! so creative!
Jo says
I like your website – I appreciate gluten free recipes that are healthy and that my (gluten-loving) family will like.
I have saved most all of them and made just a few so far – this chocolate cake looks tempting.
JL says
I am new to your site as well… This weekend I plan to try this flourless cake recipe and the bread recipe too! I wonder if this dvd movie has English subtitles or closed-captioning, do you know? Thanks, Elana!