Canvas sort order and batching

Hi im using a Canvas, with lots of nested Objects.
I have a bitmap font, which uses its own texture / material.

Hierarchy:
Canvas > Image > Text
Canvas > Image > Text
Canvas > Image > Text
...

I´d like to change the Text Sorting Layer to enable batching. So Images are all on Layer Background, Text all on Layer Foreground.
With the Canvas > Canvas you can set the sorting layer... but this also breaks batching.

Is there any way to keep the hierarchy and enable batching in this scenario? (As...

Canvas sort order and batching