Healthy Banana Oatmeal Crumble Cake

Decided to bake something healthy a couple days back, for my family and for myself. Haven't been eating that healthy lately with durian season going on, if you know what I mean. :D So I searched online and a few of my books and found this simple recipe that is for sure a healthy treat to snack on; Banana Oatmeal Crumble Cake.

This is a hearty and healthy cake and I feel it's not at all "heavy" snack. But it does fill you up after eating a decent slice as with the presence of oatmeal. So this cake is actually very good for breakfast since it fills you up nicely and prevent you from getting hungry before mid day.

I absolutely love the sweet crumble topping on this cake, it compliments the cake very well. The oats present in the crumble makes it slightly chewy and crunchy. :)

Ingredients for Banana Oatmeal Crumble Cake (Makes a standard loaf pan)

112g unsalted butter, room temperature

110g light brown sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup mashed banana

60ml fresh milk

1/4 tsp salt

95g cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1& 1/3 cup oatmeal (I used quick cook oatmeal from Quaker)

Oat Crumble topping:

3/4 cup oatmeal

50g butter, room temperature

50g light brown sugar

2 tbsp all purpose flour

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180C and grease a loaf pan and lined with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugar and butter together till light and creamy. Then add in the eggs one at a time and mix well.
• Add vanilla extract and milk to mixture and incorporate. Then add in cake flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mix well. Lastly add in the oatmeal and stir in well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Prepare the crumble topping by mixing everything together and thoroughly. Sprinkle the topping on the cake batter top and will be baked on together.
• Then place cake to bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes with the tester comes out clean and the loaf is golden brown.

The cake was very moist with a nice banana fragrance and with the right amount of sweetness. I gave some to my sister and she loved it and asked me to bake some again next time. :) Even my kids whom are not fans of oatmeal, enjoyed too.

So there you are, another banana cake recipe....you can never have too many banana recipes in your baking repertoire. Enjoy folks!