healthy bannoffee layer

Myself and the four other bloggers who write at Where Are My Knees? were recently contacted by the people of Baking Mad to try out some of their healthy baking recipes. I chose this low calorie banoffee layer and it was delicious! A few of you asked me to share recipe after featuring it in my week in photos, so I thought I'd post it on here too.

It's also worth pointing out that I can't stand dates, and I don't think I'm alone, but they do actually taste almost like toffee when cooked with sugar. I added a little bit to my dessert (less than the recipe suggests) and was surprised at how nice they were!

It felt really indulgent eating these, and it was guilt free knowing that there was no fatty cream, biscuit base or sugary toffee to sabotage my diet! I will definitely be making these again, and also trying them with different fruits. They look great too, so would be a perfect way to impress if you're having friends over for dinner!



INGREDIENTS:

4 low fat oatcakes
3 tsp half spoon granulated sugar (silver spoon)
1 tbsp low fat spread, melted
75 grams pitted dates
2 bananas
Lemon juice
2 tbsp crème fraîche low fat
1 dark chocolate square

DIRECTIONS:

001. Place the oatcakes in a food processor and process until the become crumbs. You could also put the biscuits into plastic bags and beat with a rolling pin.

002. Mix the crumbs, 2 tsp sugar and melted low fat spread.

003. Place the dates, remaining sugar and 4 tbsp water in a small pan and heat gently until the dates have become soft. Beat the mixture so it resembles toffee.

004. Slice the banana and toss in the lemon juice to avoid browning.

005. Spoon half the biscuits crumb in the bottom of two glasses. Top with sliced banana then the date puree followed by crème frachie. Repeat the layers until all the ingredients have been used finished with a dollop of crème fraiche and banana.

006. Grate the chocolate over the cream and serve immediately.