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Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread

Vegan and beginner friendly chocolate banana bread you need to try out.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Diet Vegan, Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 317kcal

Equipment

  • Whisk
  • Baking paper
  • Measuring scales
  • Measuring cups

Ingredients

  • 225 g self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate aka baking soda
  • 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 320 g banana mashed - this should equal 4 medium-sized bananas
  • 90 ml unsweetened almond milk or other unsweetened dairy free milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 80 ml olive oil or other vegetable oil such as sunflower, rapeseed, hemp oil
  • 30 g caster sugar
  • 30 g light muscovado sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 50 g roasted hazelnuts or other nuts of choice
  • 1 teaspoon plain flour to coat your nuts
  • 1 banana optional topping

Instructions

  • Pre-heat fan oven to 180°C (375°C) and grease a loaf tin with a light layer of oil and baking paper.
  • In a large bowl whisk together flour, soda bicarbonate (baking soda), cocoa and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, mash bananas using a fork. Add almond milk, vanilla, oil, sugar and lemon juice and mix.
  • Add banana mixture to your flour mixture little by little and mix until just combined.
  • Optional: Roughly chop your roast hazelnuts and coat them in a teaspoon of flour. Add them to your batter and stir (try and stir as little as possible).
  • Pour the mixture into your greased loaf tin. Decorate with a sliced banana on top and bake for 55-60 minutes until a wooden/metal skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and cool in the af tin for 15 minutes then transfer to cooling rack to cool fully.

Notes

I used a loaf tin measuring 21 cm (8,3 inch) long and 13 cm (5,1 inch) wide.
For best results, use ripe bananas. Alternatively, use unripe bananas and add a little more sugar to your bread.
Do not overmix your batter. Mix until all the ingredients are just combined and not longer than that.
To check your bread is baked, insert a wooden/metal skewer in the middle. It should come out clean.
If you don't have a skewer, you can insert a thin knife.
Make sure to fully cool down your bread before slicing and serving.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 248mg | Potassium: 313mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg