Egg-less Chocolate Banana Snacking Cake w/ Chocolate Ganache (optional)

INGREDIENTS

For the Cake

1/2 cup coconut oil (melted)

1 cup coconut sugar

1 banana mashed

2 heaping tablespoons yogurt of choice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup flour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup boiling water.

For the Ganache (optional)

1 cup milk of choice (I used almond)

8 ounces of chocolate of choice chopped (I used dark)

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 8 inch round backing sheet with parchment paper. Mash banana, add yogurt and mix. Next add coconut oil and coconut sugar. Mix together then add in vanilla. Add all dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add 1/2 cup of boiling water. Mix until combined. Pour into baking pan and bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick insert comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then turn it out on a wire rack to cool completely before pouring on the ganache. Let ganache set on the cake (if you have patients)— I didn’t!