CHOCOLATE CHIA BANANA SWIRL SLICE

To make chia gel (9:1) mix 1 tbs of chia seeds with 9 tbs of water and set aside till needed Preheat your oven 180 deg C. Cream together 3/4 cup of castor sugar and 4 tbs of butter/ marg until creamy . Add 1 lightly beaten egg , 1 tsp of vanilla extract and stir until combined . Now mix in 1 1/2 cup of applesauce ( I use baby food tinned apple puree ), 4 tbs of geled chia seeds and 3 ripe bananas , mashed . your mixture will be lumply and yellowish . Now mix together in a separate bowl ,1 and 1/2 cups of plain flour ,1 tsp of baking powder,1 tsp of baking soda ,1/2 tsp of salt . Add the dry mixture gradually to the wet , stirring well . Now scoop out about half the batter and put it into the bowl that had the dry ingedients. Add 1/4 cup of cocoa to one half of the batter and mix until well combined . banana lumps may be visible and this batter will be slightly thicker . Spray and line a 22x 22 cm pan with baking paper . Spread the non chocolate half evenly into the prepared pan , then drop spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top until it is all used . use a butter knife to drag the chocolate batter through forming a random swirling pattern. Bake in the well preheated oven for 30 minutes , or until the edges become golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle should come out clean . leave cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then carefully remove from pan using the baking paper lining . Cut into squares , this delicious slice will keep in a sealed container and does not need to be rfrigerated .