Riaz Phillips Jamaican Cake | Easy Caribbean Bake West Winds

Ingredients

• 100g pecans or walnuts, chopped
• 100g canned chopped pineapple in juice, drained and 80ml juice reserved
• 250g wholemeal flour or plain (all-purpose) flour
• 150g light soft brown sugar
• 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 50g coconut oil or butter, or oil of choice, plus extra for greasing
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 egg (optional)
• 25g coconut flakes, toasted
• 1 handful of pecans, roughly chopped
• 200g unsalted butter, softened
• 175g full fat cream cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 250g icing (powdered) sugar, sifted