Name: Gluten-free banana bread with chocolate
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 2 bananas; 2 eggs; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp vanilla paste; 2 Tbsp groundnut oil; 3 Tbsp muscovado sugar; 2 cups of gluten-free self-raising flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ cup plant-based milk; 50g of good quality (about 80% ) dark chocolate; To garnish: 1 banana, cut into slices

Gluten-free banana bread with chocolate

5 Jan 2020

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Total Time

55 minutes

Background

During the winter we crave comforting cakes and sweet treats - but these don’t have to be so unhealthy! This gluten-free banana bread with chocolate chips is made with little sugar, little oil, no dairy and no wheat. So it’s relatively healthy! It’s perfect for breakfast with your morning coffee or goes well afternoon tea too!

Ingredients

2 bananas
2 eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp vanilla paste
2 Tbsp groundnut oil
3 Tbsp muscovado sugar
2 cups of gluten-free self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ cup plant-based milk
50g of good quality (about 80% ) dark chocolate
To garnish: 1 banana, cut into slices

Instructions

Heat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a loaf tin with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork, then add the oil, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix everything together.
Mix the flour and bicarb in another bowl, then sieve this into the banana mixture. Stir slowly, while gradually adding the milk. You should get a thick, but pourable mixture, so add more milk if it’s too thick.
Chop the chocolate into tiny pieces and fold them into the mixture.
Tip the batter into the loaf tin and decorate the top with the banana slices.
Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 45-60 minutes, or until the top is golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean. You might want to cover the tin with foil after 30 minutes of baking, if the top looks too brown.
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Dust with icing sugar before slicing.