Caramelised banana and ginger upside down cake

Served hot from the oven with cream or ice cream, this winter dessert pairs the goodness of fairtrade bananas with an indulgent coconut sugar caramel and the warm spice of ginger.

Serves 8

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Ingredients

• 2 ripe fairtrade bananas – mashed well
• 3 free-range eggs – lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup coconut sugar (can be reduced to ¼ cup for a low-sugar option)
• 1 rounded teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon mixed spice
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ cups almond meal
• ½ cup tapioca flour (could also use brown rice flour or spelt flour)
• 100g butter – melted

Topping

• 75g butter - melted
• 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
• 2 ripe bananas – each sliced into 3 lengthways

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Combine the banana, egg, vanilla, sugar, baking powder, ginger, mixed spice and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk together well. Add the almond meal and tapioca flour. Stir with a wooden spoon.

Finally, stir through the melted butter.

Double line a 23cm spring-form cake pan with baking paper. This is very important otherwise you may have sugary leaks into your oven which can burn and smoke. Alternatively use a 23cm cast iron skillet (line with just a single
layer)

Pour the melted butter for the topping into the bottom of the baking dish.

Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the top. Lay the sliced bananas in the bottom and pour over the cake batter. Use a spatula to smooth out the top.

Bake for 30 minutes until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Let the cake sit for 10 minutes before inverting onto a plate. Slice and serve with fresh cream of ice cream.

Leftover cake can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Gently reheat in the oven.