Banana & mincemeat Loaf with cinnamon & cranberry cream cheese frosting

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This banana & mincemeat loaf cake has no added fat, and is topped with a cinnamon & cranberry cream cheese frosting

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Banana & mincemeat Loaf with cinnamon & cranberry cream cheese frosting

This banana & mincemeat loaf cake has no added fat, and is topped with a cinnamon & cranberry cream cheese frosting and is delicious alternative to the traditional Christmas cake

Servings: Slices

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Ingredients

For the Cake

1 Banana - (ripe)
50 g Mincemeat
1 Egg
75 g Sugar - (Golden Caster)
100 g Plain Flour
1 tsb Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
30 g Dried Banana Chips

For the Frosting

25 g Butter - (softened butter)
55 g Cream Cheese
120 g Icing Sugar
1 dsp Dried Cranberries
Pinch Ground Cinamon

Instructions

Cake

Heat your oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas mark 4.
Lightly grease a loaf tin with butter or margarine and line with non-stick baking parchment
Peel the banana and briefly mash with a fork. Don't worry about getting a smooth consistency - a few lumps add to the texture of the cake.
Add the egg and mincemeat to the banana, and mix together.
Add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and banana chips and fold in gently.
Spoon into the loaf tin and bake for about 40 minutes. To see if it's done, stick a cocktail stick or skewer into the middle of the cake. leave for 5 seconds and remove. If there's any batter on the skewer, cook for another 3 minutes. Repeat until the skewer comes out clean.

For the Frosting

Beat the butter with an electric mixer until soft and fluffy, slowly add the icing sugar and a spoonful of the cream cheese. Mix until smooth.
Gently stir in the remainder of the cream cheese, taking care not to over mix, stir in the cranberries and cinnamon.
If needed put the frosting in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up a little.
Spread onto the cake and decorate with a few extra banana chips and cranberries.

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