I saw this recipe in a copy of Wellbeing Magazine at my hairdressers. It smells as delicious as it tastes! I found this really easy to make, and it’s naturally gluten free without compromising on anything.

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PREP: 5 MINUTES | COOK: 60 MINUTES | SERVES: 4

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Ingredients:

• 3 medium ripe bananas
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla essence)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 cups almond meal
• 1/4 cup chia seeds
• 1 medium pear, peeled diced largely

Topping

• 1/2 medium pear, skin on, sliced
• Handful walnuts, roughly chopped

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 160°c. Grease and line a round tin.
2. Combine bananas, honey, coconut oil, vanilla, eggs, bicarb and lemon juice in a food processor. Blitz to mix together.
3. Add the almond meal and chia seeds and mix well.
4. Add diced pears and fold in gently with a spoon.
5. Pour batter into the tin, decorate with the pear slices and walnuts.
6. Bake for 60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean from the center.
7. Remove cake from oven and allow it to cook before removing from the tin.
8. Leftovers keep well in the fridge.