Posted in Recipes on 08.08.2018
Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
prep: 20 mins / cook: 1 hour 30 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 1 hour 50 mins / quantity: 8 - 10 slices Print recipe?
Of all the vegan chocolate banana bread recipes in the world, what makes this one special?
Well first of all it just works. This vegan banana bread is also super easy to make, healthy, moist and rich in chocolate thanks to the raw cacao powder and divinely dark vegan chocolate chips.
I can’t count how many times I’ve made banana bread. All incarnations. With chocolate. Without chocolate. Cinnamon swirl. Dark chocolate. White chocolate. But THIS .. this Vegan Banana Bread recipe was dubbed the BEST Phil had ever tasted. And he’s tasted a LOT. So you should really value his opinion.
What also makes this one even more extra special is a quite magical ingredient called chia seeds. We’ve been using them for a while now and other than finding them in your teeth for the rest of the day they’re an amazing little seed – full of fibre, protein and omega 3 fatty acids (good for your joints, brain and heart).
And now they’re being grown and and sold for the first time in the UK – lowering our carbon footprint for this tiny nutritional powerhouse! You can read ALL about the journey from seed to, well, seed right here in Phil’s first ever blog post ❤
We’ve also got dairy free dark chocolate and rich raw cacao powder (LOVE this stuff) for a bit of antioxidant oomph and absolutely divine flavour and texture. This vegan banana bread is not only double chocolatey it’s soft and moist and naturally sweet and we ate the whole thing, just the two of us, in a couple of days. Good times ?
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Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
prep: 20 mins / cook: 1 hour 30 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 1 hour 50 mins / quantity: 8 - 10 slices
Ingredients
- 2 tblsp ground flax seeds
- 3 large bananas – the riper the better!
- 1/2 cup (90g) coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup (80ml) unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup (40g) oil
- 3 tblsp (40g) Hodmedods Chia Seeds
- 1 + 3/4 cups ( 250g) plain flour
- 1/4 cup (25g) raw cacao powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 cup (100g) dairy free dark chocolate chips
Optional topping
- 1 large banana
- 1 tblsp coconut sugar
Equipment:
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160 Fan / 180 C / 350 F / Gas 4. I also brush my tin with a little oil and dust with flour as well as lay a piece of parchment inside as it's an old tin and losing its non-stick! This also helps when lifting the loaf out of the tin!
- Mix the ground flax seeds with 1/3 cup (80ml) cold water to make a 'flax egg' and set aside
- Peel the bananas and break into chunks into a large bowl. Mash with a fork or potato masher till mostly mushed though some lumps are perfectly ok!
- Add the milk, vinegar and oil and mix well
- Stir in the flax 'egg' followed by the chia seeds and sugar
- Add the flour, cacao powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and mix well, stirring up from the bottom the bowl to make sure there are no flour 'pockets'
- Finally stir in the chocolate chips
- Tip into you prepared loaf tin and smooth the top
- For the optional topping simply peel a banana and cut in half lengthways then lay on top of the cake mixture. Gently push the banana in to slightly submerge it. Sprinkle with a little coconut sugar.
- Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes. Test the cake with a skewer or long toothpick (you need to go quite deep into the cake). If the skewer comes out clean - no raw mixture still clinging to it - the cake is cooked and can be left out of the oven. Otherwise return the cake to the oven and cook until the skewer does come out clean
- Allow to cool in the tin for around 15 minutes before lifting out onto a wire rack and cooling completely. Store in an airtight container
Notes
- This cake freezes really well - cool, slice and wrap in foil to freeze
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Hello there! I’m Sam, former Michelin star pastry chef and now your go-to vegan foodie on a mission to make plant-based eating a deliciously easy adventure! From cozy comfort foods to vibrant salads and decadent desserts, there’s something for everyone in my kitchen.
Whether you’re cooking for one or for a houseful I believe food doesn’t have to be complicated to be full of FLAVOUR and I want to show you how. I’ve been a rigorous meal planner for over a decade whilst embracing seasonal ingredients (because that’s where the real flavour is!)
I’m also a dedicated dog mum to Nooch and Baxter and enjoy cooking them homemade treats (many of which are posted here) when I’m not screaming at the tennis or devouring fantasy fiction.
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