Banana Cake

This recipe comes from Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, makers of natural foods in the natural way. Soy flour and flaxseed meal can both be ordered online at www.bobsredmill.com. You can make your own flaxseed meal by processing flaxseeds in a coffee or spice grinder. The brown sugar topping for this cake is sticky and won’t spread on the cake evenly. That’s OK, just dab it on, and it will melt into the cake.

Ingredients ½ cup soy flour

½ cup flaxseed meal

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup whole wheat flour

½ cup soymilk

1/3 cup honey

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 medium bananas, mashed

½ cup brown sugar

3 tablespoons butter, softened

½ cup walnuts, chopped

Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.Combine soy flour and next 5 ingredients (flaxseed through whole wheat flour); mix well.Combine soymilk, and next 4 ingredients (honey through bananas); mix well. Add to dry ingredients; stir gently. Pour into a greased baking pan. Combine brown sugar, butter and walnuts; stir until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Notes YIELD: 9 SERVINGS.

CALORIES 316 (34% from fat); FAT 12g (sat 3g, mono 1.3g, poly 2.7g); PROTEIN 9g; CARBOHYDRATE 47g; FIBER 4.7g; CHOLESTEROL 34mg; IRON 5mg; SODUIM 450mg; CALCIUM 96mg