The sticky tropics cake (GF) - Real Recipes from Mums

Sweet comfort food at its best. This tropical delight is bound to please young and old, as well as fussy GF types. A moist banana and mango cake with a coconut milk and palm sugar toffee on top!

Ingredients (makes 1 Cake)

3 Eggs
1 cup Caster Sugar
125g Softened butter
1 cup Almond meal
1 cup Gluten Free SR Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder GF
1 1/2 cups Coconut milk
1 Fresh Banana
1 Fresh Mango
80g Palm Sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 170C. Mix eggs, caster sugar and softened butter together until creamy in a mixing bowl.
Mix in almond meal and baking powder. Add one cup of coconut milk and mix. Add sifted gluten free self raising flour and mix.
Remove skin from banana as well as skin and seed from mango. Cut into thumbnail-sized pieces and blend into cake mix. Add cake mix into desired greased baking tin and bake for 40 minutes or until light brown on top and metal skewer comes out clean.
Tropical Toffee: With the cake cooked, heat palm sugar and remaining coconut milk over a moderate heat in a small saucepan. Once combined increase heat to boil for a few minutes. Once taken off the heat the toffee will thicken as it cools. When still warm, add drops of toffee in the desired quantity onto the top of the cake. Tip: If you keep the drops separate it will make it easier to slice and serve portions of the cake.

Notes

My family enjoyed this on Australia Day.

25 Comments

- - nadine_hill said
  - 30 Sep 2019
    5:39 pm
This looks delicious and so moist!

- - mom112023 said
  - 25 Jun 2018
    7:14 pm
Thanks for the recipe. Looks fab.

- - rachelvk said
  - 02 Jan 2017
    10:01 pm
This looks so moist and yummy. Love the flavour combo.
- rachelvk replied
  
  27 Jan 2017 , 9:44 am
  A great summer cake/dessert!
- - ella12 said
  - 13 Sep 2016
    12:00 pm
Not sure about the palm sugar but otherwise looks nice.

- - Kasey said
  - 24 Jun 2016
    2:20 pm
Lovely moist looking cake, great to see a GF version.

- - Nas01 said
  - 14 May 2016
    9:45 am
I love sticky cakes. thanks for sharing. this looks great.

- - serotonin said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    11:09 pm
So moist and sticky… yum! Can’t wait to try this!

- - cherz said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    6:10 pm
OH My this looks and sounds delicious..sweet and moist with the flavours of paradise.
Thanks for sharing.:-)

- - shilto02 said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    3:24 pm
Oh yum. Sounds really interesting.

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 28 Feb 2016
    5:55 pm
I love the name of this cake. I think it describes it perfectly.
- MyComfyPJs replied
  
  01 Mar 2016 , 8:29 am
  Thanks so much.
  I hope you and your loved ones enjoy it.
- - rovermum said
  - 22 Feb 2016
    9:22 am
This sounds delish. I was so impressed it was gluten-free, except my GF friend hates bananas. I wonder what I could replace it with?
- MyComfyPJs replied
  
  22 Feb 2016 , 4:33 pm
  Thx for your lovely feedback. I would suggest using two mangoes.
- - mom134803 said
  - 19 Feb 2016
    1:42 am
Nice that it’s gluten free. I would replace the 1 cup caster sugar with 1/2 cup raw coconut palm sugar as the recipe is already sweet from the fruits.
- MyComfyPJs replied
  
  19 Feb 2016 , 3:01 pm
  Good idea. I posted the recipe as made by me but everyone is welcome to adapt it.
  - mom93821 replied
    
    20 Feb 2016 , 8:14 am
    
    I like the sugar and like to try recipes as they are posted and then modify if needed. Your recipe, gets a thumbs up!
- - mom101628 said
  - 18 Feb 2016
    10:00 pm
Sounds and looks great
- MyComfyPJs replied
  
  19 Feb 2016 , 3:05 pm
  Thanks. I hope you and your loved ones like it!
- - mom158658 said
  - 18 Feb 2016
    8:15 pm
This looks awesome!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 18 Feb 2016
    8:04 pm
what a great name! love the ingredients too
- MyComfyPJs replied
  
  19 Feb 2016 , 3:21 pm
  Thanks for your support! I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did.
- - mom93821 said
  - 17 Feb 2016
    6:09 am
Banana and mango – sure does look moist and delish!

- - mom112217 said
  - 16 Feb 2016
    9:08 am
Your recipe looks like a tropical delight,very nice!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 15 Feb 2016
    5:15 pm
I am going to pass this on to a friend of mine who is a coeliac. She will love this. I am rather keen to try it but I will use peaches in place of mango.