Ingredients

  • 150 g pecan nuts
  • 350 g gluten-free plain flour
  • 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
  • 225 g butter
  • 225 g sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 bananas
  • 85 g chocolate

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/Gas 4. Line a 33x23cm shallow tin with baking paper. Put half the nuts on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Chop roughly.
  • Sift the flour, Xanthan gum and baking powder.
  • In a different bowl, beat the spread and sugar until creamy. Beat in the vanilla and the eggs, one at a time, adding 1tbsp of the flour mixture with each egg.
  • Mash the bananas with a fork, then fold into the mixture with the rest of the flour, chopped nuts, and dark chocolate.
  • Put into the cake tin, level the top, scatter with the remaining nuts, and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the middle of the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
  • Cool on a wire rack.