"Never make eye contact with anyone while eating a banana."
-- Harry Styles
I love bananas! I have so many banana bread recipes, but this one right here is in my top 3 favourite!
Bananas are rich in fiber, antioxidants and several nutrients. A medium-sized banana has about 105 calories. And on top of that, it's travel-ready!
This recipe elevates your already delicious and moist banana bread, into a chocolatey, coconutty swirl of vegan awesomeness! Give it a go and let me know what you think!
Ingredients:
3 ripe Bananas
1/2 cup (110g) - Almond milk
1 tsp - Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp (34g) - Olive Oil
1 tbsp - Ground Flaxseed
3 tbsp - Water
2 cups (313g) - All purpose flour
1/2 cup (105g) - White Sugar
1/2 cup (80g) - Brown Sugar
3 tsp - Baking Powder
1 tsp - Baking Soda
1/4 tsp - Salt
1/2 cup (35g) - Shredded Coconut
1/2 cup (30g) - Cocoa Powder
2-3 tbsp - Almond Milk
Optional Icing:
Powdered/Icing sugar
Lemon or lime juice
Shredded coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a bread tin with parchment paper and set aside until needed.
In a small bowl, combine the ground flaxseeds and water. Stir and set aside.
Peel the bananas and mash them into a smooth paste in a large bowl.
Add the vanilla extract, olive oil, flaxseed "egg" and almond milk, stirring after each addition. Set aside.
Sift the flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a separate bowl.
Add half of the dry ingredients to the banana mixture. Combine until incorporated, then add the other half.
Once the dry ingredients are fully incorporated, divide the batter into two equal portions. Add the cocoa powder to one batter, and the shredded coconut to the other. Mix each until combined.
After mixing in the cocoa powder, you may need more almond milk to loosen the batter. Use the 2-3 tbsp of almond milk for this purpose.
Using two spoons, alternate adding the coconut batter and the chocolate batter to the bread tin in small portions.
Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a fork or toothpick comes out clean. Remove from tin and set on a cooling rack.
If you want, you can create a thick icing to go on top of the banana bread. Gradually add the lemon or lime juice to the icing sugar in order to gauge the consistency. You want a thick very, very slow moving icing. Sprinkle additional shredded coconut on top.
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