That time of year has come around again, shorter days, darker mornings. Yup, Summer is well and truly over. It’s sad, but on the bright side, this means cute knits, hot chocolate and warm choc banana bread! All in front of an open fire because, well, why not really? I’m still have crazy chocolate cravings since Easter and I had a few ripe bananas in the kitchen ready to be used. The only option was banana bread obviously. I adapted my original banana bread recipe to make it a more indulgent chocolate version.
You’ll notice I didn’t add a measurement for the chocolate in the recipe simply because, it’s up to you! Go hard on the chocolate or stay reserved I’ll leave that in your trusted hands. I of course, used an entire block of Loving Earth Mylk Chocolate – Can’t stop won’t stop! I think you guys are going to absolutely love this choc banana bread, it’s also a great one to meal prep with. I baked mine, sliced it, individually wrapped them in glad wrap and then popped them in the freezer. Choc Banana Bread ready to go whenever I get the craving!
Choc Banana Bread
I'm still calling it bread, but I mean really... It's a cake. A delicious, healthy choc banana bread (cake).
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Total Time: 50m
- Yield: 10 Slices
Ingredients
- 2 Ripe bananas
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/4 cup Maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Paste
- 1/2 cup Wholemeal spelt flour
- 1/2 cup Cacao powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
- 1 tablespoon Chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons Cacao nibs
- Pinch of salt
- Loving Earth Mylk Chocolate
- Optional topping: Cacao nibs, chia seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC and line a bread tin with baking paper
- Add all wet ingredients to a food processor or blender, and process until completely smooth
- Sift the flour, cacao powder and baking powder into a mixing bowl then add nibs, chia seeds and sea salt. Pour the wet mixture into the bowl and fold to combine. Try not to over mix.
- Pour mixture into tin, add toppings if desired and bake for 40 minutes or until cooked through, if it starts to go too brown on top before it’s completely cooked, cover in tin foil and continue baking
- Allow to cool slightly before removing from tin, slice and serve! Amazing with honey, maple syrup, coyo or even some old school butter.