Healthier Banana Sheet Cake Recipe
This lightened up banana cake uses honey and applesauce instead of butter, oil, or refined sugars. It’s soft and full of sweet banana flavor.
Serving15 Servings
Ingredients
- 5 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- ¾ cup honey
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Spray a half sheet pan (13x18”) with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, stir together mashed bananas, honey, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla, and mix until well combined.
- Add baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour and stir until well combined.
- Fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Spread batter evenly in the prepared half sheet pan.
- Sprinkle remaining ½ cup chocolate chips on top of cake and bake 20-25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the middle of the cake bounces back when touched lightly.
Notes
To make this recipe completely free of refined sugar, omit the mini chocolate chips or substitute them for cacao nibs.
Nutrition
Calories: 251 kcal · Carbohydrates: 45 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 0.01 g · Cholesterol: 23 mg · Sodium: 198 mg · Potassium: 272 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 25 g · Vitamin A: 67 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 20 mg · Iron: 2 mg