Comments on: Vegan Banana Cake

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:25:09 +0000

In reply to Julie. Thank you Julie! I'm really pleased you're loving the recipe, and that you find the way it's written helpful. And thank you for coming back to leave a review. It's very much appreciated!

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:19:25 +0000

In reply to diana. The frosting is made with powdered sugar so shouldn't be grainy. I'm not sure of a way to salvage it if you used regular sugar instead.

By: diana

diana — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:55:34 +0000

im putting together the frosting and the frosting is grainy due to the sugar.
is there any way I can get the frosting to be smoother?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:22:32 +0000

I think I've made this cake about a dozen times now since finding it last summer. So easy, quick and a big hit with everybody I've made it for. It's my go-to vegan cake recipe and have had lots of requests for it. I really appreciate that you've added the UK equivalents (more recipes need to do this imo because it makes them virtually inaccessible otherwise), and the tick boxes make sure I don't miss anything out. You can tell so much care has been put into writing this recipe. I usually add (vegan) dark choc chips and hold off on the icing, which works really well too. Thank you so much, Mel :)

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:59:24 +0000

In reply to Karen. The recipe hasn't been tested with gluten-free flour. You'd have the best chance with a good all-purpose GF flour like Bob's Red Mill 1 for 1 baking flour.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 02:16:46 +0000

Can a gf flour be used? If so which is best?

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:19:41 +0000

In reply to A Virtual Vegan. I think i know why they had such a bad result - i just used bananas that were still slightly frozen and my batter looked exactly as described - like playdough or similar. i had to add probably an extra 1.5cups milk to get to 'cake' consistency and its still in the oven but with all the extra overmixing i had to do to mix in the extra milk i'm not holding my breath for a light texture! Oh well - next time i'll microwave the bananas first :P

By: June Estelle

June Estelle — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:07:24 +0000

This is my favorite vegan cake. The recipe is simple and yields great results!

By: Ella

Ella — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 06:21:53 +0000

The best banana cake recipe ever! I doubled the recipe and made one tray of cupcakes and two 18cm round cakes which I levelled and made into a layer cake. It all worked perfectly and was a hit for baby's first birthday party.
I followed the recipe, and used regular plain flour, raw caster sugar, soy milk, and grapeseed oil. For the frosting, I used nuttlex as the butter as we don't have hard vegan butter available here. It was definitely soft but kept together still (kept it in the fridge until serving.)

By: Pippa

Pippa — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:18:11 +0000

Fabulous recipe, the family really enjoyed it. I really appreciate all the tips and information as well as the recipe being straight forward and easy to make. Melanie has clearly taken a lot of time writing this and it is really really informative and good! Thank you very much