Banana Date Molasses Tea Cake

Banana Date Molasses tea Cake. A fermented sourdough batter, made with organic flour, keffir butter, free range eggs, and refined sugar free. A perfect accompaniment for a local bush walk, picnic, or visiting a friend. Delicious with a mug of tea.

Recipe

• 1 cup mashed overripe banana

• 70ml keffir milk

• 90g sourdough leaven

• 50g molasses

• 2 eggs

• 1tsp vanilla

• 1tsp mixed spice (I use black pepper, corriander seed and fennel seed, dry roasted & ground in a mortar)

  Mix all together in a bowl

• 140g whole spelt flour

• 80g jaggery

• 2tsp baking powder

• 1tsp bicarb

• 1/2tsp sea salt

  Mix together

• 80g keffir butter (homemade, if not use cultured butter)

  rub through dry ingredients till fine breadcrumb consistency

• 130g fresh dates (chopped)

  mix through dry ingredients

• 80g toasted walnuts

  mix through ingredients

  stir wet ingredients into dry

  pour into lined loaf tin

  top with sliced banana and a sprinkle of jaggery

  cook 180c oven till done (30-40min)

  cool before removing from tin