Vegan Banana Apple Spice Cake

I love when I have extra ripened bananas in the house it always gives me an excuse to bake. This time though I didn't want to make my usual go to which is either banana bread or some sort of muffin. So I went looking through my pantry and got some inspiration from a jar of apple butter which led to this new recipe. I hope you give it a try. 

Banana apple spice cake

Ingredients:

2 organic ripened bananas 

1 cup organic apple butter 

1/3 cup melted organic vegan butter (I used Earth Balance)

1 cup packed organic brown sugar

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 flax egg (1tbs flax meal mixed with 3tbs water. Mix well. Let set for 5 minutes.)

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder 

1 tsp baking soda 

1/2 tsp kosher salt 

1 tbs ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground ginger 

Quick Frosting 

2 cups organic powdered sugar 

2-4 tbs almond milk

1 tsp vanilla 

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350*F 

Grease and flour a 9x5 inch pan. Set aside. 

In a small bowl make the flax egg by mixing together 1 tbs ground flax meal with 3 tbs water. Set aside 

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Set aside 

Next in a large bowl mash your bananas. (I like to use a potato mashed for this part) mix in the apple butter, melted butter, vanilla and brown sugar. Fold in your flax egg. 

Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until all of the dry ingredients are mixed in. Careful not to over mix. 

Spread evenly into the greased pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Allow to cool 15 minutes before frosting. Serve at room temperature.