SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPIDER LOAF

If you're in need of an easy Halloween idea with ingredients you can find in your kitchen already, give this spooky spider banana bread a go!

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Y.V Fresh blackberries (and extra to garnish)

• 3 ripe bananas (1 extra banana for garnish)

• 1 egg or flax egg

• 4 tablespoon melted coconut oil

• 2 tablespoon rice malt syrup or honey

• ½ cup almond milk

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 2 teaspoon baking powder

• 2 tablespoon chia seeds

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• Dash of vanilla extract

• A handful of Marshmallows

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C

2. Mash ripe bananas and add to a big bowl

3. Add all wet ingredients to the bowl and mix (coconut oil, egg, rice malt syrup or honey, milk & vanilla extract)

4. Blend oats in a blender to create oat flour consistency and add to the bowl

5. Add all remaining dry ingredients and mix well

6. Fold in blackberries, but don’t overmix!

7. Pour into a lined baking tin and for garnish slice a banana in half lengthways and slightly press into the batter before placing in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour (depending on oven strength)

8. While the cake it cooking, melt a handful of marshmallows in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds or until smooth.

9. Let it rest in the tin for 10 minutes before removing, then place on a cooling rack for a further 10 minutes

10. With melted marshmallows, create cobwebs over the top of the cake

11. Decorate with blackberries for spidery effect