For My Daddy

So my dad loves his sweets and his carbs. His eyes light up at the mere mention of an apple pie but fate has struck him a cruel blow. Several years ago he had a quad bypass and since them he's been on a pretty strict fat free diet. I'm constantly scouring the web and racking my brain around the holidays and his birthday to come up with some kind of fat free treat he might like. Have you any idea how hard it is to come up with a decent sub for butter in a pie crust that still gives you a certain degree of that flaky deliciousness? I have yet to perfect that. If you have any ideas, slip me a note. For his birthday this year I came up with an asian twist to the classic dense banana bread, a steamed banana cake. I made them into giant muffin size but you can just make one big cake as preferred. Its steamed instead of baked so it retains its moistness with minimal fats and is flaky airy light with a great banana fragrance about it. I liked it smeared with some sweetened condensed milk and nothing else. Dad liked his plain and hot from the steamer. You can always reheat by a quick steaming and they will last a good week in the fridge if eaten this way.

Steamed Banana Cake

Original recipe found here: http://chowtimes.com/2007/06/08/steamed-banana-cake/

1 ripe banana, mashed
1 egg (I used eggbeaters)
1 tsp oil
2 tsp water
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup icing sugar
100 grams flour

Put all ingredients into mixing bowl. Mix with a hand whisk until well blended. Pour into cake pan of your choice. I used extra big silicon muffin cups. Steam over a medium flame for 15-20 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean.