Banana cake with nut base

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 2 eggs
• 100 g sugar
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 100 g walnuts
• 2 tbsp flour
• 30 g cornstarch
• 1 tbsp baking cocoa
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 packet of vanilla pudding powder
• 400 ml milk
• 80 g sugar
• 300 g whipped cream
• 1 pack of instant gelatin
• 4 bananas
• ½ lemon(s), juice
• 2 tbsp Amaretto
• 100 g whipped cream
• 100 g dark chocolate coating

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 3 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 4 hours 5 minutes

For the base, beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy. Then sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and add it to the egg mixture along with the walnuts, then carefully fold it in. Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C (top/bottom heat) in a 26cm springform pan lined with baking paper for approx. 15-20 minutes. This varies from oven to oven, so do a skewer test. After baking, let it cool slightly, then turn out onto a cooling rack lined with baking paper and leave to cool. In the meantime, make a pudding with the milk, sugar and vanilla pudding powder, cover with cling film and leave to cool. Tip: I briefly kept it in the freezer. Now peel and halve the bananas and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent them from browning. Whip the whipped cream with the instant gelatin until stiff and fold it into the cooled pudding. Place the cooled base on a cake plate, peel off the paper and place a cake ring around it. Soak the base with the Amaretto, top with the banana halves, and spread the cream evenly over the top. Chill the cake for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator or overnight. When the cream has set, briefly boil 100g of whipped cream, remove from the heat, and melt the chocolate coating in it. Let it cool slightly and pour it over the cake. Return the cake to the refrigerator for about 1 hour. When the chocolate glaze has set, remove the ring and decorate as desired (I only sprinkled on a few coconut flakes). It’s a real treat when chilled.