{"id":108,"date":"2009-08-04T20:44:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/?p=108"},"modified":"2009-08-05T18:24:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T00:24:28","slug":"gluten-free-banana-cake-with-walnut-dream-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Banana Cake with Walnut Dream Frosting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bananaI get a lot of people asking me about gluten free cooking.\u00a0 My book, The 30-Day Vegetarian<\/a> does have many gluten free meal ideas, but when it came to cakes I had been at a loss to replicate the moist and light texture within a whole foods paradigm.\u00a0 That was until I discovered BEAN CAKES!<\/p>\n

My family and I simply loved the chocolate bean cake recipe<\/a> that we created on Father’s Day, so I have been experimenting on what flavors complement various bean varieties to come up with more gluten-free as well as guilt-free desserts!<\/p>\n

While the Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting<\/a> hit the spot, I wanted to make a new cake that would be even lower in fat and completely dairy free!<\/p>\n

Introducing my newest in a line of gluten free not-so sweet desserts is my banana walnut dream that uses tofu to make a rich creamy frosting.\u00a0 Let me be up front, if your body can handle the high sugar coma of a traditional frosted supermarket cake and your waist line can afford the extra cargo, then this light version of banana nut cake may not be your cup of tea.\u00a0 But if you are like me and the friends I know who are looking for ways to reduce fat and sugar in their diet and have been missing dessert because of it for some time … well sacrafice no longer!\u00a0 This cake not only is good for your waist line at only 220 calories and 5.8 grams of fat, it has 10 grams of dietary fiber, only 1.5 grams of sugar and a whopping 11.8 grams of protein per serving!! (Calculations based on information entered into\u00a0 http:\/\/recipes.sparkpeople.com\/recipe-ca<\/span>lculator.asp<\/a> Serves 16.)<\/p>\n

With this much protein and low sugar, I don’t feel bad about having a slice of this <\/strong><\/em>cake for breakfast!<\/p>\n

Banana Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n