Banana and Walnut Fudge Torte

This is a dairy and gluten free dessert.

Banana and Walnut Fudge Torte

150ml apple juice
1 tbsp olive oil
3 bananas
2tsp vanilla essence
200g rice flour
1 tbsp gluten free baking powder
2 heaped tsp ground cinnamon, plus an extra tablespoon
125g chopped walnuts , plus an extra 2 tbsp walnuts

Beat together the apple juice, olive oil, bananas and vanilla essence in a food processor.

Sift together the flour, baking powder and 2 tsp of ground cinnamon. Add to the processor with the walnuts and pulse to form a soft batter. Pour half into a greased cake tin.

Mix toghther 2 tbsp of chopped walnuts with 1 tbsp ground cinnamon and sprinkle half over the cake mix in the tin. Add the rest of the cake mix to the tin and then sprinkle over the remaining nuts. Cook in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes. Cool before serving.